The Lyttelton Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1901.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12423, 12 February 1901, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1901.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened yesterday before Mr Justice Edwards. The calendar was a light one and the Judge's charge to the Grand Jury was very brief. The burghers in the Orange River Colony are expressing indignation .at De Wet's brutality in shooting the envoys of the Peace Conyjrfttee. ■ ~,,.,., Field-Cornet Steynberg, a, loyalist _ of the Grraafreineu district, has offered to bring land-owners to assist in the defence of tape Colony against the Boers. The Government has decided to send a Seventh Contingent to South Africa. It is expected that the first draft, numbering about 300, will be ready in a month. The officials state that the Lismore case reported in New South Wales is not PWg ue ; Mr iSeddcn has cabled to 'the fcew boutn Wales Government that New Zealand tas no intention of making any concessions to tne Eastern Extension Cable Company. . Piet De Wet has again appealed to Christian De Wet to surrender and save the rioers from being impoverished and degraded. _ ■ The Boers have wracked three more trams on the Natal-Johannesburg line. General Swith-Dorien defeated the force under Louis Botha at Bothwell on Feb. 6. Lord Kitchener reports that the Bntisn movements in the Eastern Transvaal have created a panic among the Boers. De Wet and Steyn have issued a proclamation to the effect that they intend to enter Cape Colony and give the farmers thero a taste of the sufferings of war. Lord Roberts's despatches specially mention the splendid services rendered by colonial troops. . , t Eleven fresh cases of plaguo have occurred at Capo Town. \ , , ,„ The Duke of Devonshire has arranged to lease 'the King's racehorses for the forthcoming season. , ■, . Considerable excitement has been caused in South Canterbury by the revival ©f sensational reports concerning a murder that occurred at Waihao six years ago. • A very successful conversazione wnicn was attended by the visiting Catholic prelates and clergy was held da the Art Gallery last aug*.