SOUTH AFRICA.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7633, 27 January 1903, Page 2

SOUTH AFRICA.

i Chamberlain on Trek, Travelling in a Mule Waggon. Robinson Gets Out. What the Boers Want. More Modest Demands.

By Eloetrio Telegraph-Popyright. Eeceived January 26, 7.50 a.m. Capetown, Monday. Mr Chamberlain is trekking from Potchefstroom to Mafeking in a mule waggon. There is great enthusiasm en route, particularly at Ventersdorp, where Commandant Delarey and a hundred mounted Boers welcomed him; The transformation of the South Airican Constabulary into a Civil force will save the Transvaal half a million and Bhodesia three-quarters of a million sterling annually. London, Monday. A meeting of the shareholders in J. B. Eobinson's Company having strongly resented Mr Eobinson's criticisms of Mr Chamberlain, lie left the building. Eeceived January 27, 11,29 p.m. Capetown, Monday. In the course of a speech at Potchefstroom, Mr Chamberlain implied that on farms allotted to permanent British settlers the forty instead of twenty acres i rent would be nominal. Precautions had been taken against dummyism. Mr Chamberlain at Ventersdorp appealed to the Boers to be friendly and loyal, promising equal liberty and more prosperity than ever. General Delarey, speaking in Dutch, declared that Mr Chamberlain was a strong man of the sort needed to set matters right. He urged the Boers to be loyal. London, Monday. The Daily News' Pretoria correspondent reports that Alfred Beit and the Boer Generals held an informal conferonce. The Generals claimed that the Government might repose more confidence in the Boers and allow them to elect members to the Legislative Council, grant an amnesty equally, and compensate all burghers. Mr Beit expressed moderate and conciliatory views.