South Africa.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 225, 5 July 1902, Page 4

South Africa.

3 London, July 2. , Official.—At the moment of peace , there wete 202,000 men, excluding 3 the local force*!, under arms to \ South Africa; 70,000 will embark 1 before the regulars. Thirfcy-niM i Governmeut transports of a carrying : capacity of 40,000 men have been '. engaged, in addition to 25,000 em- , barking on weekly steamers. All 3 the Yeomanry sent out in 1901 and ] 18,000 Reservists will be embarked 1 befure August, The Australasian! ■ going in six ships, to oversea coio* , nies, will be among the first to em* » bark. The Yeomanry, ovewei' ; colonials, the volunteer service com' ( panies, and reservists, will have I month's leave on lauding. 3 The majority of the martial law > restrictions in the Transvaal hare | been cancelled. Civilians are permitted to -remain out of doors till midnight. The railways have been pla:ed under civil control. Reuter states that it is not • generally known that during General De Wet's wanderings tho Britiib had an agent with him, whose re« ports were most valuable. General De la Rey declares thai Vfajor-General Clements was the best general he encountered. His finest piece of work was saving the Nocitgedacht Camp. It is reported that Mr Kruger hat received information that Mr S&ejfl is hopelessly paralysed, Wellington, July 2. Colonel Davies oabies:-—" Tbe brigade is mobolising at Newcastli to embark at Durban. Dunedin, July 2. At a meeting of the committee appointed at the recent public meet* ing to make arrangements for • memorial for soldiers who haw fallen in South Africa it was unanimously resolved to inform Hif Excellency the Governor that tht committee cannot see its way to support the proposals pat forward by His Excellency 'to establish * Veterans 1 Home in Auckland as I fitting memorial to soldiers front the Otago district who have fallen in South Africa. A sub-commits was appointed to bring' forward a report on the best memorial and best means of raising funds, \