THE TRANSVAAL
IMMENSE QUANTITIES OF WAR
MATERIAL DESPATCHED TO THE CAPE. PBOTEST AGAINST DUM-DUM BULLETS. WARSHIPS AT DELAGOA BAY. (By Cable—Press Association.) jeived t).5 a.m.) LONDON, July 11. Immense quantities of war stores jtre being despatched to South Africa. The Admiralty has provisionally secured two steamers accommodating 1300 troops. The Nationalist members of the House of Commons are protesting against supplies of Dum-Duni bullets being sent to South Africa. The British cruiser Doris and the jjfunbottt Widgeion have arrivejd at Lourenzo Marques,, Delagoa Bay. CAPETOWN, July 11. Mr Schreiner (Premier) and Mr Hofmeyer (Leader of the Africkander party) have interviewed Sir Alfred Milner with reference to affairs in the Transvaal. AUSTRALIAN OFFERS. MELBOURNE, this day." The Commandant of the Victorian forces suggests that Victoria co-oper-ate with other colonies in sending a contingent to the Transvaal. BRISBANE, this day. Besides a detachment of mounted infantry, the Government offered a machine gain section for the Transvaal.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 163, 12 July 1899, Page 5
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