THE BOER SURRENDER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12000, 24 June 1902, Page 5

THE BOER SURRENDER.

TOTAL OF 18,757. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received Jane 24, 12.25 a.m.) London, June 23. The total number of surrenderee is 18,757, including 201 rebels at Kimberley. PERMITS IN THE TRANSVAAL. (Received June 24, 12.25 a.m.) London, June 23. The system of permits for persons travelling between Transvaal towns has been abolished. STEYN'S BROTHER'S OPINION. (Received Jane 24, 1.12 a.m.) London, June 23. Steyn's brother has arrived at Brussels bearing despatches. He eulogises Lord Kitchener's diplomacy and generosity and says the burghers will henceforth be amonsp the most loyal of the King's subjects. i GERMAN RESIDENTS AND THE I CORONATION. (Received June 24, 12.25 a.m.) London, June 23. The German community at Johannesburg have elected a committee to arrange for participation in the Coronation festivities. NATAL'S PATRIOTISM. (Received June 23, 10.40 p.m.) London, June- 23. Sir A. H. Hime, speaking at the Natalians' dinner, declared that Natal had sent to the front one man for every 12 men, women and children the colony contained. SEND-OFF TO LORD KITCHENER. London, June 22. Lord Kitchener was given an enthusiastic farewell at a banquet in Johannesburg. He appealed to employers to find lucrative employment for the Rand volunteers. DISBANDMENT OF THE IRREGULARS. London, June 22. It has been arranged that five squadrons each of the Ist and 2nd Imperial Light Horse, South African Light Horse, Johannesburg Mounteds, Kitchener's Scouts and Scottish Horse ''shall retain their horses, rifles and equipment without cost, so that a division can be recalled for military purposes if required. THE ZULUS. ; London, June 22. General Bruce Hamilton held an indaba with the Zulus at Vryheid and explained that the British and Boers were now friends. He announced that the magistrates would inquire into the grievances with regard to cattle alleged to have been stolen. The Zulus expressed their loyalty and promised to return to their homes.

A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. London, June 22. Colonel Hamilton, Lord Kitchener's military secretary, has arrived at Windsor, where he presented the original document of the Boers' surrender to the King. NEW ZEALAND TROOPERS. [BY TELEGRAPH". —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington', Monday. A number of the Seventh Ctmtingenters on the troopship Manila, due in Wellington to-morrow, are stated to be suffering from influenza. The Government is advised that Private William Whetter, of Waikouaiti, died at Klerksdorp on June 20, and that Private P. Monk, of Kaikoura, was dangerously ill of enteric, at Newcastle, on June 13. Dunedin, Monday. Trooper W. Whetter, of Waikouaiti, succumbed at Klerksdorp, on June 20, to injuries sustained in the accident to the Eighth Contingent by the Macbavie railway disaster of April 12. A WAR MEMORIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Monday. The memorial to Captain John A. Harvey, of the Fourth Contingent, who was killed while leading his men at Leinmer's Hill, Ottoshoop, on August 16, 1900, was unveiled at the Boys' High School to-day by Sir J. G. Ward, before a large and representative attendance. Captain Harvey was a pupil of the school. The rector mentioned that it was intended to erect a marble monument in memory of the old boys who had died at the front, as soon as they got a complete list of the names.