CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4132, 21 August 1900, Page 7

CABLE NEWS.

THU TRANSVAAL AVAR,

[riNITI'.D Plies.-) ASSOCIATION. —BY EI.ECTBIO TW.EOBAI'H.—COPYRIGHT.!

ADOPTION' OF STERNER MEASURES. PROr L AM ATI ON OF FOill) ROBERTS. IRccclveil August 20, 10.50 p.m.) LONDON, August 20. Tin- army has received wiUi acclaim ;i. j troi-tiim:il ion issued H.v Eord Ruhcits, wliit'll rends ns follows ; -- " u ncn-ijs tin- l. ni. nty oflfiiMl to the lioci’-i hns Itcr-n iionppreciiilcd and used ;is u clonk In resist unco, and whereas 1 lieio m o no means of distinguishing eonmalants and iion-comhntniits, oafhliroakiTs will hereafter he punished hy death, imprisonment, or line. -■All burghers in occupied districts unless 11 1 <• v hav-e sworn an oath of iicutraJit v will he regarded as prisoners of war and transported. Buildings liarlionring Uoer spies will he raised.” 'l'hc burghers who are asking for proled ion after surrender do not consider the proclamation harsh, inasmuch as i( is calculated to check Doer vengeance. RE-ARRKARANCE OF I)E WET. IX TOUCH WItTFbADEX-Pu .(ELL. (Received August 20. 10.50 p.m.) LONDON, August 20. General Christian Do Wet, who is now in the Rustenhurg district, sent a. Hag of truce as a. trick to sain information, and demanded (ho surrender of LieutenantGeneral I laden-Powell's troops, who hold Commando Nek. Finding the garrison to he a. strong one Do Wet ’marched northwards. Ho is being shadowed hy Lieutenant-General Ihiden-Powell. INHUMAN TREATMENT OF A W()UN I)ED TROOPER. (Received August 20, 10 p.m.) LONDON, August 20. Five British troopers who were.patrolling near Krugersdorp on Wednesday were attacked from the farm of a Boor who had taken (lie oath of neutrality. One of the men was wounded ami captured. His hrnins wore beaten out, and 1 Ids hodv riddled with bullets. The farmhouse was afterwards burned and- two arrests made. SUCCESSFUL SKIRMISHING. (Received August 21. 0.20 a.m.) LONDON, August 20. The “Daily News” says that Captains Reynolds and Travers, with a party' of the Twentv-fifth Dragoons, surprised a commando' of 100 Boers, who were laagered’ on an oath-breaker’s farm at KotV.e’s Drift. The troop was not challenged until within seventy yards of the enemy s laager. Captain Reynolds shot two of, Hie"challengers, and the Dragoons poured in a hot fire causing great execution.. Captain Reynolds was slightly wouur.lnd. One Dragoon is missing. HUNTER’S CASUALTIES. ‘ LONDON, Angird, 10. Three men of Lieutenant-General Hunter’s force were killed, -at Seitz Kop, and forty-three wounded. The. losses were chiefly amongst the Highland Brigade. MTSCELLANEO CIS. LONDON, August 19. Private ■'Davies, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, has died front enteric fever. (Received August 20, 10 p.m.) ‘ -LONDON, August 20. The Government has appointed a. commission to inquire into the cause and prevention of enteric, fever. THAMES, August 20. Trooper Newdick, who returned, on Saturday night, received an enthusiastic public welcome. He was entertained at a smoke concert. Several thousands witnessed the proceedings. RETURNTN G INVALIDS. His Excellency the Governor yesterday received the following cable message from 1 Capetown:—The following New Zealanders sailed for Melbourne hy the AVilcannia on the IGtli—l6o Trooper George Mitchell (No. 1 contingent, of Balelutha): -120 Trooper Arthur Morris (No.. 2 contingent, of Waikukn); 517 Trooper John Wright (No. 2 contingent, of Hamilton). The Governor of Victoria lias been asked to arrange for their shipment to New Zealand. CASUALTIES AMONG NEW ZEALANDERS. i ILL-LUCK AT OTTOSHOOP. Yesterday morning the Government received a. cable message from Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner, Capetown, giving details of casualties which had befallen the New Zealand troops under .Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Carrington at Ottoshoop on the 15th inst: — Killed—Captain ,1. A. Harvey, of Balelutha. No. 10 Company, fifth contingent; Trooper w. IT. _Mo,Dougall, No. 15 Company, fifth contingent, who also halls from Otago. Severely wounded—Captain IT. T. Fulton, of Dunedin, No. 9 Company, fourth contingent; Lieutenant R. W. Collins, No. 7 Company, fourth contingent; 1018, Corporal Alexander —? 1-1.08, Corporal J. E. Alexander (Auckland), No. 8 Company, fourth >-ontmgent; 1050, Sergeant I). A. Hickey (Dunedin), No. 9 Company, fourth contingent : Private McAuley (there are t wo Private McAuJeys in the list—Private R. McAuley, of Nightcaps. Southland, and J. J. McAuley, of Balfour); 1373. Private Vinson (Westport), No. 10 Company; Private Sutherland (there are also two Sutherlands—via.. 2402, Private M. J. Sutherland, and 2404, Private IT. Sutherland, both in the Auckland section of the fourth contingent) ; Private MeCorsney (?). ' Dangerously wounded—l73l, Private O. Bottom. The message also states 2700 Private J. A. Peterson (Wellington), sent as a reserve man. was severely wounded at Wonderfontein on IGth inst. Captain J. A. Harvey was » son of the late Judge Harvey, of Dunedin, and was before leaving for the front accountant to the Bank of Now Zealand at-JBal-clutha. Ho was elected captain of the Olnlluv Mounted Rifles on their formation, two years ago, and as an officer was

buddy thought of, his corps attaining a degree of efficiency highly creditable to the officers. He was also very popular socially, and took a great interest in athletics of all kinds. Captain Harry T. Fulton, who is reported wounded at Ottoshoop, is a son of the late Lieutenant-General John Fulton, R.A. He is lieutenant of the Second Glmrkas, and went through the Tirali campaign with his regiment. Lieutenant Fulton wars on furlough when the war broke out, and obtained permission to proceed to the front with the New Zealand troops. No 9 company ol which lie commands. It is rather a pathetic coincidence that a sister of Captain Fulton was engaged to Captain Harvey.