THE TRANSVAAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11151, 25 August 1899, Page 5

THE TRANSVAAL

STORES OF WAR MATERIAL.

AMMUNITION TO BE SEIZED.

THE SUZERAINTY QUESTION.

A BOER CAMP.

MOBILISATION OF BRITISH TROOPS.

WIDESPREAD TREASON.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.

Pretoria, August 24. The Transvaal during the past three years has imported to Delagort Bay 149,000 rifles, 6400 revolvers, and 398 tons of ammunition.

The Boers employ a force of secretpolice at Lorenza Marques.

London, August 24. It is rumoured that commands will likely be despatched to seize the detained amriiuiiition which has now been transferred to a troopship.

Various reports indicate that President Kruger made a fruitless effort to secure it settlement by conceding to the uitlanders a five years' franchise, and a share in the Presidential elections with increased representation, if Gi'eat Britain relinquished suzerainty, Mr. Chamberlain replying yesterday that such a proposal was inadmissible.

Capetown, August 24. Major-General Butler lias started for England. There was no demonstration on his departure. Three hundred Boers are laagered on the border, 50 miles south of Mafeking. London, August 23. Orders have been issued indicating the possible mobilisation of the First Infantry Brigade at Aldershot under the command of Major-General Arthur Fitzroy Hart.

A Birmingham firm has received I an order for 14,000,000 cartridges. I General Joubei't recently declared that the Transvaal was unable to make cartridges suitable for the i Mauser rifles.

The Standard declares that widespread treason exists among Boers at the Cape and Natal, that money and arms are being distributed amongst them from Pretoria.

THE STEAMER TOLOSA,

OVERDUE AT PORT CHALMERS.

SEVENTY DAYS OUT FROM NEW YORK. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright, Melbourne, August 24. Anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer Tolosa, now 70 days out from New York to New Zealand ports and Melbourne.

The Tolosa is coming out under the auspices of the American and Australia Steamship Company, laden with cargo for New Zealand ports and Australia. She left New York on June 14, and called at Capetown for bunker coal. When the steamer left New York it was intended'that she should make Auckland Ira- first port of call in this colony, but her movements were altered when she readied Capetown, as, according to advices received by the New Zealand Shipping Company, who are the agents for the A. and A. line, she was ordered to proceed to Port Chalmers. Seventy days is a long time to be occupied on the voyage, but it is stated that the steamer has not a very great rate of speed, and was expected to take about 70 days on the passage. The Tolosa has visited this port on one occasion, when she came from New York, via Melbourne and Sydney, under charter to the Tyser lijie, arriving at Auckland on January 25 last. Her voyage from New York to Melbourne on that occasion occupied 64 days. She is a pure cargo-carrying steamer, and has no accommodation for passengers. She is one of the Blue Star Line, and is a steel screw-steamer of 3269 tons, and carries about 6300 tons of cargo under hatches. She has cargo for all New Zealand ports and Melbourne, the Auckland consignments amounting to about 450 tons. Included in the cargo for Melbourne are 20,000 cases of kerosene.