South Africa.

Manawatu Herald, 6 December 1902, Page 2

South Africa.

BELIEF FUNDS. Lord Salisbury has subscribed £IOO to the Loyalist Relief Fund.

General Botha expresses confidence in and gratitude for Mr Chamberlain’s professions on 6th November in moving the vote of eight millions in aid of the Boers and appeals for subscriptions for the maimed and destitute, remarking that for the widows and orphans who are the immediate object of the Government’s solicitude there is still room for assistance beyond the limit of official action.

The General promises to furnish a periodical statement of the distribution of donations.

“The Times," commenting on General Botha’s interviews with Messrs Redmond and O’Brien, and De la Rey’s companionship with Dr Leyds in Paris, remarks that if the Boers really desire fellow citizenship in heart and law they must exhibit reciprocity, Their casuistry in regard ,to breaking the oath of neutrality in war time rendered it necessary to scrutinise their acts and declarations closely. SCHOOLS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

The Government of the Transvaal has decided that the schools shall be conducted in English, though Dutch may be taught for five hours a week, including ' Biblical instruction.

Another £130,000, which had been concealed in South Africa until the close of the war, has been landed at Hamburg and handed to Dr Leyds. Many Australians who were unable to obtain employment 'at Johannesburg have returned to Capetown. They experience great difficulty in obtaining passages to Australia.

Reuter’s Agency states that a Boer stock company is being established on a large scale at Dordrecht, Cape Colony. It is ttated that the company’s aim is to enable the disaffected Boers to boycott British traders and advance the interests of the Afrikander Bond.