The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 171, 27 February 1902, Page 1

The Transvaal.

Lsxdon, February 23,

the Stanford oavs that De Wei, tnlfe "ifJO vHrelaotaihjlemeriis vrtik of'Lii)d , '-y on Fu'.niary'lOth, losing '3fe mda. He'then' ! i , o , ii''ned to Liebenberg'Svlei river, tiorf.h of Ritfe Be Wei ""keats Trshsvaaleii Who a'eiTaiosed to surrender. Thfe F c-c 'lStvters ate 'more reeotfe : 'abl*v, 'Stcyn'a intiuenra with ihrm exceeds Da Wnl"s £>tayn tiib-ea t-'ie greai-est precautions gains' eiipt-iifß, and i« alwa/k aeo ..'iDpaiiiod by a'budyjjiir.rS. February 24. D. tail* of (he capture of 104 TJoeirts show that put, ,vf Co'ond Williams 1 J.rriicitoti forces turpi three 61 'lVic'-.ai'dt':: Itiag-ii!, bwt the members-6*f the "15> er (iflvtmnsiit and (ha Hindou Utin wreckers ►■•c.-rp.d. Twenty '-''Si Tri-diardt's I'ojc-: iuneudersd at Middleburg and Colonel Willh.ms captured ''-fit on Jjatnrrtav. Co'Tiinaudrtnt Rogij 'with .300 Boers attacked 'he Frank fort-Yredc blockhous% line on the night of the 19th, the Boer* <C! the south oprnh-g with a, heavy 'fii% on the blockhouse at 120 yaids. Ro's* •drove ah -rd if Cattle again.', t the ' wir% brines. Many Boers traversed the lir& northwards and several v»-ere shot. Many Free Sf.-itora propose to cross ilfe Vsal'and avoid the OrangaColony blockhOusss. Mr Hny hai refused to ask for -passports from the British authorities ffe enable I)r, Th'wm and his wife, dt Chicago, to distribute moneys at itk concentration camps in South Africsv. One hundred volunteers of the composite r-gfment surrounded four Boers iii a fji-mh-juBO at Vryheid. Colonel Evairg approached the door and demanded sm render. The Boers fired, killing; htffe. and Major Blunt, and wounding a third nr n. Three of the Boera were o»pturdh" but the fourth escaped. Sentences of death, passed on a Mup. j riyshnrg Tamer for join tig the <!nemy,a;id on two Graf Reinet rebel* fo'i marauding, have been commuted to pen& ; servitude for life. The Loyalist members of this'Cijfc are asking for an Imperii Indemnity Act,, and other measure*, necessary for the peace of the country. Cl' r *. B-tha and Britz, with 800 Boei% are-south of Branwkop. The Boers practically hold undisputed precession of the conn'ry korth of ttfe line. Tbey are harvesting ef : their crops. The Times says that lift troops are insufhoient to deal with tbfc whole country and suppress the enemy. Febiusiy 25. • __ Perenth'Nrw Zealander--, Private JoM Ivitkwood, killed at Rtetspruit; Corporal John Aahton, slightly wounded. Wa'i Office correction Private Walter 33. Du'iep, Seventh New Zealandem, died o*i wounds at CharlsM'cwn. Deaths frbiV, ent<ric fever--Private Basil Steanhau*. Sixth New at Charles' own*; P vateJohnll. Wright, Seventh New Zealanders, at Hei : bron Wellington, February 24. Advi'ce was received to night tlat tMtr loyshii-s Surrey and Cornwall 'had Yak MUny at daylight this morning for Daib h.