The Lyttelton Times. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12540, 29 June 1901, Page 6

The Lyttelton Times. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.

Sir Biudon Blood tried to surprise General Botha and the members of the Boer Govern* meat, who were hiding in a place near Carolina. General Botha find one hundred men, and two guns, escaped, abandoning many waggons and cattle. Thirty-eight Boer families trekked to Uamaralaiid. The Gorman, authorities arrestedthe men, and placed the women -and children in a camp. . „ , The Commonwealth Senate, -after a lengthy debate, which chiefly referred to the question Of interference with Slate rights, adopted rhe clause in / the Postal Bill empowering the non-dolivery of letters relating to sweeps. 'Fresh cases of bubonic plague are reported from Brisbane. , The steamer Lusitania, at one time engaged in rhe Australian mail service, while voyaging from Liverpool to Montreal, went ashore at Cape Ballard, Newfoundland. Five hundred passengers who were on board were -saved. The rougher clement of The passengers -became panic-stricken, and tried to rush the boats, using knives, and -(he officers- with difficulty retained control. In the House of Commons -Mr Brodnck Mated that there were between, seventy and eighty thousand mounted trobps in South Africa; Lord Kitchener was fully satisfied with their number and quality.' The King ha-s 'announced that he will be crowned at Westminster some time nest JU The Ophir, with JEM'S. St George and H.M.-S. Juno, passed -through Cook Strait at 8.30 o’clock yesterday morning, bound for -Hobart. V Imu l IIIHMI lirfim \n tmw