CABLE NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1901, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

I [BY ELEOTBIO TELEGBAPH. — COPYBIGHT.] THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR —^» . . FIGHTING IN THE TRANSVAAL. [PBEBB ABBOOUTION.] LONDON, Ist .December. Several hundred Boers made a determined attempt to cross the Delagoa ; Bay railway west of Middelburg, in i the Eastern Transvaal, but were repulsed, suffering considerably. THE ENEMY STATED TO BE 'WEAKENING. LONDON, Ist December. The corespondent of The Times at Pretoria says : — " More troops are needed to accelerate the attrition of the Boers. The frequent 'meetings of the enemy show that they are less pleased with the prolongation of the struggle, and they should be hustled everywhere , while in this state of mind." (Received December 2, 8.47 a.m.) LONDON, Ist December. An optimistic feeling prevails at the Cape that the war has entered upon i its- final phase. The Boers have little i ammunition, and are experiencing great : hardships, the extension of blockhouses circumscribing healthy areas. IMMIGRATION INTO SOUTH i AFRICA. > ' LONDON, Ist December. „ From the beginning of 1902 fco per* sons will be allowed to land in Cape ) Colony or Natal without a permit certi- • fying that their character is satisfactory, ■ and that they are in possession of means i for their maintenance. ' ' (Received December 2, 8.47 a.m.) LONDON, Ist December. Kemp's commando, in the> Western ' Transvaal, is employed in reaping and ' burying grain. The Victoria Cross has been awarded ' to Lieutenant Price Davies, of the ' King's Royal Rifles, for • gallantry at Blood River Poort, in the South-eastern Transvaal. [ The Seventh Hussafa have sailed for South Africa. j BOER PRISONERS IN INDIA. (Received December 2, 9.17 a.m.) LONDON, Ist December. The Right Hon. Jesse Collings, Unionist member for the Bordesley division L of Birmingham, has visited the camp of • the Boer prisoners at Ahmedabad in L India. He found the prisoners anxious 3 to testify to the admirable arrangements i made and the kindness of, the officials. 7 " / ANGLOPHOBIA IN GERMANY. (Received December 2, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Ist December. The Anglo-Qerman press declares that the utterances of Sir Henry CampbellBannerman, the Liberal Leader, are the chief cause of Anglophobia in Germany. DUNEDIN, Ist December. [ The Premier has received a cablegram from the Agent-General, intimating, with [ reference to contracts for the supply , of ' meat for the army in South Africa, that the War Office will take offers by cable I if received by 6th January.