COMMISSION FOR AN AUCK..

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11685, 21 June 1901, Page 5

COMMISSION FOR AN AUCK..

LANDER. London, Juno 19. Sergeant-Major Eyre, of the Fifth' New Zealand Contingent, hap, been granted a commission in the Yeomanry. Lieut. Eyre wax a resident of the Wati.'ii,. district, and had not previouidy served in the local forcec. It in, however, understood that, ho l»»d s.-en service prior to enrolling i»i the Fitta Contingent. THE CAPE RAIDERS. London, June 19. Krui.zinger, who is at Kleinfontein, threatens to commandeer all persons giving information to the British. He states he does this in virtue of a, proclamation annexing the northern portion of Cape Colony to the late Orange Free State at the beginning of the war. LIREL OX TROOPERS. Ai)i-.i.Ai!>K, June 20. Mr. (.'handier, editor of the. Free Lanes newspaper, has been sentenced to sis months' imprisonment and fined £50 for a libel contained in an article reflecting n« the morality of the fifth Contingent v&&{■' in camp hero. RETURNED TROOPERS. [MY TKXEOR.U'H. — I'RR.SS ATION.] Wellington, Thursday. The following New Zealauders returned by the Westralia Inst night: Second Contingent: Corporal Thomson, Christchurch ; Private W. H. White. Fourth Contingent: Corporal Woof, Takapau ; Privates Clarke, Milton; White, Hampden; Hart, Dalefield; Paton, Dargaville: Robinson, Mangere ; K. Ross, Opotiki: Tanner, Taurangu. Fifth Contingent : Privates; Aitkin. Invercargill; W. S. Macintosh. Invercargill : McKechnie. Waikaia : .Monk. Dimedin; McDonald, Feilding; W. .1. Browne, Stratford: Lister, New Plymouth: Miller, veterinary surgeon, Auckland. A member of the Imperial Light Horse also returned, badly injured in the back, through his horse having been idiot under him and rolling over him.

GENERAL FRENCH ON THE WAR. General Fivmb has been interviewed at the Cape. Asked for his view of the resistance which (he Boers are still offerings lie said that (he war had degenerated into brigandage. (hiring the recent operations in the Western Transvaal, the general stated that hundreds of burghers offered their services to the British. They all expressed themselves eager to serve under the British flag, and the sincerity of many was put to the test. The British had no reason to regret, having accepted the offers of the Boers, for (hey proved invaluable scouts. General trench referred enthusiastically to the work id the Australians, praising them for the dash and tact they had shown in the field. "I never wish to command better men," he said, A LETTER FROM CRONJE. The Middelburg Ladies' Transvaal Committee (Holland) have received a letter from General Grcnje, acknowledging the amount of a collection of 60011. sent to him some time ago, in which the Boer general says:—"There is nothing new here. Wo are naturally desirous of the termination of the South African war in order that we may be able, to return to our beloved Fatherland; but, knowing that the Lord will choose His own time to put an end to the struggle, we wait with resignation."