BRITISH CRUISERS ORDERED TO THE CAPE.
OFFER OF A HOSPITAL SHIP. THE BRITISH WAR VOTE. LONDON, October 18. The British: cruisers Nitobe and Diadem have been ordered to proceed to the Cane. Great Britain has accepted the America and Atlantic Transport Company's offer of the gratuitous use of a marine hospital ship. Lieutenant Fit_patrick, of the New South Wales A_t__ery, has been ordered to the Transvaal. In the Houae of Lords, Sir H. Loch, late High Co_un__ic_er in South Africa, said it would be a wise step to annex and disarm the Transvaal and the Free State. October 19. It is estimated that the British vote of ten ~til-orm will provide for 35,000 men beyond the number voted for.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10481, 20 October 1899, Page 5
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