The BOER WAR,

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 284, 11 December 1901, Page 2

The BOER WAR,

Bv Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright London, Dec. 9. The Natal Border Mounted Forces have been notified to hold themselves m readiness for active service. The Boers had a mill grinding grain at Pilgrim’s Rest until •i British scout, after remaining concealed for three days, succeeded in laying a lmno and exploding the mill. Manv burghers are askmg the British Government for employment after the " The Powers replied in the negative to Holland's confidential inquiry if they would support a scheme to transfer Boer women and children in the South African i concentration camps to Holland. London, Dec. 10. Several militia regiments who volunteered for service in South Africa embark shortly. . . _ , , Colonel Holland surprised Brandts lancer at Southfield, capUirir-ff six Boers. Pjfts, Dec. 9. Dr. Levs has returned Paris. The pro-Boer agitation is boiliq rc\i\ ed in Franco. „ -» New York, Dec. 9. Eights- thousand horses and mules are being shipped at Now Orleans for South Africa. „ Berlin, Dec. 9. Two hundred and ten petitions, totalling nearly one hundred and sixty-seven thousand signatures, have been presented to tho Reichstag concerning the South African war, and twenty protesting against Mr Chamberlain’s utterances, which recently gave rise to so much i resentment in Germany.