BRITISH PATROL OVER-POWERED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11873, 27 January 1902, Page 5

BRITISH PATROL OVERPOWERED.

SIX WOUNDED. " • FOUR BOERS KILLED. (Received January 26. 4.35 p.m.) •London, January 25. ; A hundred and fifty Boers captured a patrol of 12 Yeomanry in Western Transvaal after six had Deen wounded. Four Boers were tilled. BRITISH NATIONAL SOLIDITY. (Received January 27, 1.10 a.m.) Brussels, January 25. The Journal Debruxelles, the or;an of the Belgian Government, says the ungrudging sacrifices made by the British colonies is a striking ob-ject-lesson of national solidity. DEATH OF A NEW ZEALANDER. (Received January 27, 1.10 a.m.) London, January 25. Private H. Collins, of the New Zealand Mounteds, has died of enteric at Heilbron. [Collins belonged to the Nelson section >f the Seventh Contingent. He is the son if Mr. Hairy Collins, of • Canvastown, Have-. ock.] • A BURGHER CORPS. (Received January 27, 1.10 sum.) London, January 25. Lord Kitchener has authorised General Yilonel to raise 'a burgher corps of 1500 men. General Yilonel has informed Steyn that this is the outcome of his obstinacy. THE BLOCKHOUSES. - London, January 25. The blockhouses at Ideates dorp, Reutersdorp and Zeerust have been completed. The Work is now being continued on to Maf eking. SHOT BY A BOER BOY. London, January 24. The Dragoon Guards were skirmishing at Harrismith when a Boer boy, aged six, approaching suddenly, drew a revolver and wounded a private mortally. FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. London, January 24. Van Schelvijk and two sons were each sentenced to one year's imprisonment and to pay a fine of £500 for concealing horses, ammunition and grain ait Nerval's Pont. HELP FOR THE. BOERS. London, January 24. The Daily Chronicle's Rome correspondent asserts that Colonel Ricciardi, formerly of the Boer Foreign Legibn, is returning to the Transvaal with volunteers for the Boer service.