LATER CABLES.
THE OFFICERS KILLED AT BELMONT. DISAFFECTION ENCOURAGED. A GENEROUS COLONEL. MESSAGE TO THE PREMIER. Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Capetown, Nov. 27. Alfred P. Ethelston, commander of the warship Powerful, Major John . H. Plumbe. Royal Marines, Lieut G.Senior, R.N.A.. were amomgst the Naval Bn gade killed at the battle of Belmont. Mr Saver, Commissioner of Public Works of Cape Colony, speaking in one of the disaffected district's, urged loyalty to the British and promised magnanimous treatment to repentant rebels. The Tugela river is flooded. The Aliwal North refugees at Queenstown declare that Mr Saver's presence lias encouraged disaffection. London. November 27. R. G. Tod, of Sydney, has given to the war relief fund, Tfc is considered probable this is the recently announced donation by an anonymous Australian Wellington, This Day. The Premier received the following cable from the Agent-General this morning :— General Methuen has gained, a second victory at Draspan, The fighting is still going on in Natal, indecisively.
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Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 127, 28 November 1899, Page 2
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160LATER CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 127, 28 November 1899, Page 2
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