UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1754, 30 September 1899, Page 4

UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.

By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) Durban, Sept. 28. Two shots were fired at the British column marching to Dundee, but those committing the act were not discovered. The Cape ' boys' muleteers at Ladysmith mutinied, and refused to go to the frank Bloemfonteik, Sept. 28. 1 The Orange Free State Haad unanimously instructed the Government to i try and ensure peace without violating the honor and independence of tbe Republic. It promised faithfully i to fulfil the treaty obligations to the , Transvaal. Mr Steyn, President, has Bint his , family to Capetown. 1 London, Sept. 28. 1 - The steamer Sumatra conveys a battalion nf the Border regiment from , Malta to the Cape. i Great Britain is purchasing 20,000 [ mules in America and Italy for ser-' , vice in the Transvaal. i Capetown, Sept, 28. The Boers ars trying to buy large ' supplies of wheat and tinned meats in Cape Town. » Pketoria, Sept. 28. > Mr Chamberlain's despatch bas intensified the spirit of the Boers. r It is expected that Mr Kruger will demand a stoppage of reinforcements pending the receipt of tbe final British proposals. A run has begun on the Pretoria banks.