The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 199, 6 May 1902, Page 1

The Transvaal.

London 7 , May %. The Daily Telegraph correspondent states that the delegates are placing the issue honorably before the commandos without reserve. De Wet admits that the struggle is hopeless and that the British terms are reasonable and generous. At some of the meetings of the Boers the noisy irreconcilable minorities oecame very heated in debate, thenactions almost resulting in violence consequently the loaders insist upon voting by ballot. It is reported tnat Le la Boy and the members of the Transvaal Government will adhere to the decision of the majority. The women of the Transvaal are clamouring for peace. hiatal claimed a portion ol the ilarrisinith- Vrede district, uudi rtakmg £200,000 of the Orange Colony debt. The Administrator opposed the claim, as the inhabitants objected to bo transferred on the ground that it might cause endless complication-. Lord Milner and Mr Chamberlain did not. endorse the transfer, Mr Chamberlain has concurred in the transfer of portions of the Transvaal, subject to a few points to be referred to the Boundary Commission. The Tunes states that Natal declined to cede Kosi Bay to the Transvaal.

The Standard's Pretoria correspondent states that the Vereonigiug conference will be representative a! all sections; that most of the meetings have been in favour of peace, though a few irreconcilables may possibly refuse the most generous terms.

Ten thousand troops two thousand horses embark for South Africa during May. The War Office has ordered from Victoria 800,0001 b of corned beef and mutton, chiefly beef, ana 150,0001 bof New South Warnbeef and mutton.

May 3. Colonel Hochfort’s column

hustling Badenhorst’s commando. During an engagement on Tuesday Field-Cornet Bekkor was killed and Field-Cornet Geldenhuis was wounded.

Colonel Barker reports the capture of Commandant Manie Botha aod twelve others south of Frankfort on Wednesday. Manie Botha is General Botha’s nephew and De Wet’s ablest lieutenant. The previous report that Manie Botha had been killed during Lord Kitchener’s great drive was an error. In the House of Common* Mr Chamberlain stated that one-third of the Johannesburg refugees had returned to the Band.

Viscount Selbourne said that the transport service bad a magnificient record in the mercantile marine, and that the Government were considering the recognition the services of its captains and ollicers. The Daily Express states that no more Boer prisoners will leave South Africa.

Wellington. May 3

The Cornwall, with the returning Sixth Contingent, arrived at Albany yesterday, all well. She is to leave for Sydney daring the afternoon.