THE BOER WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11825, 30 November 1901, Page 5

THE BOER WAR.

CAPTURE OF BOERS*

BRITISH SUCCESSES.

TWO SOLDIERS MURDERED, A PRO-BOER SUGGESTION. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— (Received November 29. 9.55 p.m.)

London, November 29. j General Cole captured Field-Cor- ; net Vanrensburg and 13 others in the east Orange Colony. Several smaller successes are reported. Commandant Fouche shot two privates of the Connaught Hangers captured at Dordrecht. The cause is unknown. [Received November 30, 0.15 a.m.) London, November 29. The Daily News urges a long armistice to enable the views of the fighters, refugees and prisoners to be ascertained regarding peace on the basis of the federation of South Africa for Customs and railway purposes, with full local autonomy for the Transvaal.

THE GOLD LAWS. (Received. November 30, 0.15 a.m.) London, November 29. The Government has appointed a Commission to suggest amendments in the gold laws with a view of lessening the power of capitalists.

A NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED. London, November 29. Sergeant Thomas Harris, of the Sixth New Zealand Mounteds, was slightly wounded at Wakkerstroora. FOREIGN PRO-BOERS AND THE LIBERAL LEADER. London, November 28. The Paris correspondent of the Times says Sir Henry CampbellBannerman has heretofore been the chief evangelist with the French Boers. His last speech, however, declaring that annexation was inevitable, came as a terrible shock to his admirers, who now interpret his attitude as a selfish device to oust the Unionists.

HORSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA. London, November 28. Twenty thousand horses have been shipped at Fiume, Hungary, for South Africa.

THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT. London, November 28. Mr. Gerald Balfour, speaking at Manchester, said Lord Kitchener's offer to Botha that the Transvaal would first be! treated as a Crown colony, then that representation would be permitted and finally responsible government granted, was still open. ALIENS AND ENEMIES. London, November 28. The Netherlands Railway Company of South Africa sued Messrs. Garrett and Fisher for libel in the King's Bench Division, but the jury found that the plaintiffs were aliens and enemies, and a verdict was returned for the defendants.

CAPTAIN SEDDON. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION I .] Wellington, Friday. Captain Seddon, son of the Premier, lately returned from the war, was entertained at a social last evening and presented with a dressing-case by the Clyde Quay branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation.