The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 124, 5 November 1901, Page 4

The Transvaal.

London, October 31. Replying to Canon Gore's attaofe on the Boer conceal ration camps and his suggestion of their removal to the ee* co.wt, Canon W. J. Knox-Little, after ; .visiting South Africa, declares that I [everything possible was done to properly tjcondtwt the eamps, mitigate hardship*, ; and avert disease. Removal to the coast ', was impracticable, and vrould intensify . the evils. Lord M ilner has visited tbe camp at Merebink, and is satisfied with the arrangements. A cavalry brigade proceeds to South \ Africi in the middle of November, Great Britaio has compelled the Boer factory at Lorenzo to reship to Hamburg 300 t.ns of saltpetre ex tb* German ship Herzig. . November 1. . De la Rey, with 1000 men, on October 21th attacked Colonel Vomlonop's re*r guard, but was repulsed, leaving foriynine iWd and fivedvad, including Commandant Reehetis, who was wounded, Hans Joubert, a member of the Voikaraad, w.is Isil ed r and Commandant. Lemmtd wounded.

Sir Eeibert Maxwell states that the iute Queen Viotom in 1881 told the members of the Cabinet that they wei« all wrong ,- that lhe»e shfuld be i o convention with the Boers, but fight. Forty Boers surprised teu Georgetown scouts at the Doom liver. Seven scouts escaped. The three others losing thir horses, took refuge id a lioune. Finding: resistance hopeless, one scout (unarmed), with bis hands up, wont out aDd wa* killed instantly. A Boer spy, in the uniform of Riming, ton's Guides, was arrested ou the train at Stormb rg. Colonel Dawkins' recent successes were» due to night marches without baggage. Blncknouses have been placed every 200 yards along the railways in th<* disffacted districts, with Kaffir houn la between.

The National IWiew has published what is purported to be Sir Bedvera Builer'a telegram to Sir George Whit*, suggesting the surrender of Lad ■.'Smith. Sir Redvera Buller denies the accuracy of the telegram. Prinee Arthur, only son of fcb« Duke of Connaught, who holds a b cond lieutenant'* commission in the 7th Hussars, ha-* been ordered with his regiment toSouth Africa; Seven Hungarian Protestant bishops and several huudred pastors have stnt a. petitioa to King Edward tj atop th* war. November 2. One thousand Boers, under cover of amist, got to very close quarters and determinedly attacked Colonel Benson'* column at Brakenslaagte, northwest, of Bethel. The Boers rushed two guns, land both sides suffertd heavily. Ei>ih& [British cflLtrs were ki.lad, inc'uding Colonel Benson, and fousteen wounded. men were killed and IGQ wounded. Colonel B.irter, from the constabulary lines, reached tho column unopposed. L<rd Kitchenor. in reporting thisengagement, assumes that the gums were recovered. Colonel Kekewich, marching for twonights, surprised Vanalbi-ri'* laager, n.jrih-easternv\aids oi Ri.stenb.iig, capturing three wounded and seventy-four uuwouaddd, including Commandant Kiypper. ( New Yukk, November 1. Wealthy in hew York are establishing a Boer Hollander colony of 300.005 acres in the Suite of Wyoming. Irrigation works and a bet sugar factory are already twing started in tho colony.