THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4258, 18 January 1901, Page 7

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

CABLE NEWS.

TJNITED PKJSSS ASSOCIATION.—BY YLECTEIC 'iELEG/’.AI'H. COPYKIGHT.

DE WET HACK TN Till-: TRANSVAAL, < I’c.i'civcd Jamiarv 18, 0.34 a.m) LONDON, January 17. General l)e Wot has rccross'd th.■ \aal River, and lias joined tlio Transvaal commandoes. MAJOR HADDOCKS RETCHNING. (Received Jamiarv 18. OM2 a.in.) MELIFHIRNK, January 1,7. Tlir si oanu r Damascus arrive I to-dav 1 1' 1 ■ 111 (rict own v.’illi forty-two i u valided Aa ,l ial in a., on board, under .Major Mad<|o,l,s. of No-,v Zealand. DEATH OK A NOW ZF-ALAN DER. (Deceived January 18, 0..T1 a.ml LONDON, Jamiarv 17. (.’rival c Da mol Clark, of the Nov; Zealand Bongbrider.s, has hoou killed at K lei k-Morp, i This message probably refers (•« 1017 I’nvale D. Clarke, a member of No. id Company, Fifth Contingent, who enlisted from Toniuka, where his mother resides. | THE PEACE party and de Vv ET. LONDON. January IG. (h nera) De Web is enraged ait the ' cireulal ion of Mr Paul Mot ha’s pamphlet ' urging (lie Ml hmission of the Doers, and j von s j.o nhoot. the author.

Air Kruger, in the course of uu interview, :i} ll jrocoi Do Vvet’s Uiiootiug Hie peace envoys, as a proper revenge for i he, execution of Lieutenant Corchia. who was shot, for behtg implicated in a plot, to aliduoy Lord Roberts. COLONEL FRANCIS. FREMANTLE. January IV. Idem enan!-Colonel Francis and Troop, or Wilkin-on, Nov/ 7'asil-i n iD-rn, invalided llTiiu lie. Cape, arrived i >.V the I’, and O. simmer Cidmt. Tim funner '.van taken ill a, few days ago, and is confined to Ins cabin. TDM GALL FOR TEN THOUSAND. BRISBANE. January 17. The Mon R. Piiilp, Prouder of Queeni. nd. speaking at a banquet to the Imperial troops, said that if the request for tea thousand additional troops from Australasia referred to in th« press (".VMrs was correct, Gnocusland 'would contribute her quota. MISCELLANEOUS, LONDON, January 10. Volunteer regiments arc responding In Lord Roberts’s appeal with enthusiasm. Manitoba oilers a. thousand .shot '■ ; Ottawa, several thousand. (T.cccivod January 18, 0.04 a.in.) LONDON, January 17. The authorities at Pretoria have proliihiled anyone wearing khaki. Anyone wearing a.'costume, rcsemhiug a British uniform will he liable to arrest and (uinislnnent.

DUNEDIN, January 17. The Reception - * Committee is making arrangements for the reception of the re I urning troopers. The occasion promises to bo one of great heartiness. If. DEFENCE OF COLONEL ROBIN A NOTE FROM GENERAL MAHON. The Commander of the Forces has received the following letter from Briga-dier-Gouoral Mahon, in reference to certain strictures upon Lioutonant-Colonel Robin, contained in a letter written by a trooper from Westland, and published in the "West Coast Times” : "tloidclburg, 27th October, 1900. Dear Colonel Penton, —In answer to vnur letter of September sth, 1900, which I received to-day along with cx(racl from ‘'West Coast Times” of August 33rd, 1900, f must say that the actaxations Herein contained astonished urn. The New Zealand Contingent turder the command of LioutvColonol Robin have been serving with me for over Hirco mouths, and a better lot of officers and men I would never ask for. Colonel Robin has several times commanded his men under fire under my personal observation, and I have never bad any cause to complain of the' way in which ho has done Ms duty. In fact, it baa always been the contrary, and I have very often expressed to him and his men my appreciation of the work I hey ha ve done. CJuito recently I was ordered, 1 to leave an officer and 300 men of iny command on rn important duty, and I selected Lieut.-C'oloncl Robin ami his men for that duty. I think it is a pity that newspapers publishlefct.en like the one enclosed, as they aro generally Iho outcome of tome individual spite, but I do not think such letters can hurt! my friend Colonel Robin, as bo bolds ai very high character with the military authorities in this country.—-Yours sincerely .signed) B. Mahon, BrigadierGenera!. P.S. —You can make any use you like af this Jotter.” The troopship Orient, with a, large number of invalided Now Zealanders on board, sailed yesterday afternoon from Brisbane for Dunedin.