The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 135, 30 November 1901, Page 4

The Transvaal.

London, November 26. Ex-bu-ghers enrol ed to assist tie British are now designated National Scouts. They are expected to prove specially useful with regard to raids, and securing information. I The rapid extension of railways is i advocated'to facilitate the finish of the t campaign. \ An attemp to murder the British Commandant at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, was frustrated. Loyalists held an indignation meeting, and a reward is offered for the arrest of the • criminal. November 27. Three small engagements have been fought in Orange Colouy, when 37 Boers were captured. Lord Kitchener’s weekly report stated that 23 Bnera bad been killed, ]9 wounded, 230 taken prisoners, and five hud surrendered ; aim that 4600' eattio bad been captured. Several membe.s of the Cape Assembly belonging to the Afrikander Bond, urpe Mr r. P. Theron, the chairman, to dissolve the Bond in order to facilitate pe • os, The conspirators who were arres’ed at Johannesburg intended to seize fbe arms and ammunition cf the Rand Rifle companies. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, speaking at Lancaster, s-iid that the Marquis of Salisbury retains no shred of independence, and that Mr Chamberlain’s insults to the Powers had caused more injury than ali the speeches made by the Liberals. He urged the restoration of Cape Colony’s ciul rights, and the restoration of prosperity and loyalty in South Africa by friendliness and hearty co-operation on equal terms.

A total of 52da ministers have signed the peace manifesto of the Free Church of England, a recently formed organise tion, embodying the Nonconformists generally. The manifesto urges autonomy, amnesty of rebels, and the giving of compensation,

Tne confiscition of the properly of Kruger, ihe Bluffs, Wolmarans and other leaders who have not surrendered, is recommended by the Natal Outlanuer Committee.

The conspiracy at Johannesburg was being earned out in conjunction with De La Key’s force.

The erection of blockhouses has been stalled from Kroonstad eastwards. The Pretoria correspondent of the Morning Post states that under 1)000 Boers are in the field.

_ Gl ’ Rat Britain provides the new Canadian Contingent with Imperi.-.l Womanly pay and arms, Canada supplying horses, uniforms and saddlery, and 'nominating officers, subject to approval, j Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, in his ispeech at Lancaster, repeated that he jnever uttered a .word from first to last calcul.-.ted to encourage the Botrs to prolong resistance.

are being invited for the Cape ' Natal Railway.

November 28

Reuter’s correspondent states thatnumerous minor engagements have been fought, resulting in the capture of & number of prisoners, including several field cornets. Colonel Sccbell captmed twenty Boors at Konigscrown, includ ng Bestaf, the notorious desertvr from tbn Cape police. Bester was court-martialted and shot.

Colonel Knox captured thiriy-six Boei-s. Commandant Jouherfc, who w.s wounded, was the capturer of the British guns at Vlakfontein in September. The Times’ Pretoria correspondent estimates that there are seventy commandos, ranging from fifty to 450 «tro.ig, still in the field ; twenty-six in the Transvaal, thirty-one in the Orange Colony ; thirteen in Cape Colony ; seven numbering 1100 north of the Delagoa Bay.line under Muller, Hintoo, and Ben Villjoen ; el-ven numbering 1600 south of the Delagoa Bay line under Louis Botha, chiefly consisting of the Carolina and Ernialo commandos, who are trying to effect a junction. Of the northern hands eight are under Da La Bey and Kemp, and the rest of those in the Transvaal are in Krugersdorp and Klerksdorp district. Of the othets twenty-theee are scattered chiefly in Kroonstad, and Frankfort and Bethlehem area, three in the Barkley East district, and ten in Karoo, west of the main Can© line.

Lord Kitchener is utilising 45,000 mounted troops against the enemy.