BOER BRUTALITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11198, 19 October 1899, Page 5

BOER BRUTALITY.

I ROBBING REFUGEES. B £5000 REWARD FOR MR. \ RHODES. London, October 18. t Mr Chamberlain, in view of the - Boer threats to murder the English • subjects remaining in the Transvaal, • has warned President Kruger that he 8 wii. be held responsible for acts contrary to civilisation. The Globe states that the Boers have offered £5000 for Mr. Cecil , Rhodes, dead or alive. 5 Capetown, October 18. f The Boers have looted Ingogo and ' Tngogone, on the Natal border, and 3 are robbing refugees, including the J Basutos. 1 BOER AMMUNITION STOPPED. London, October 18. ! A Reuter's message states that the J German steamer Kaiser, on being i chased by the British cruiser Thetis, • and fearing capture in the Red Sea, j unloaded 4000 cases of ammunition , at Port Said. ' The Kaiser's passengers for the I Transvaal included a number of German officers. | The ammunition has been rei shipped for Hamburg. I SCHREINER'S HAND FORCED. ! Capetown, October 18. It has transpired that Sir A. Mil- ■ ner forced Mr. Schreiner to sign the ' treason proclamation or resign. ; BOERTDIVIDING THEIR ! FORCES, j Capetown, October 18. i The Boers are subdividing their 5 forces, and are entrenching in the i various mountain passes. BOERS BADLY MOUNTED, s Capetown, October 18. 1 Colonel Sir W. P. Symons, com- ; mantling at Ladysmith, reports that i the Boer horses are in wretched con- - dition, and the men worn out.