THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4331, 15 April 1901, Page 7

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

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A IA >::■ r HNTf’EH. LONDON, April V.'.. A liny!" .vi'il-iiiiucoalefl Boer _Mirprisee nix i;j-.;., in’;’o 1 when the f>i 1 >l l '■ 1 1 torcc. won: nearing fiefevMnu'g, and killed iwc pri vn‘ named W'd'ors and Hole, will; muia .me shota. iltnn i-.od April 1 1, o.V) p.m.) LUhUON, April J:i. The ; oiii.T who killed Waiter;-; ;i mJ Hah; wax iiiar."!) kdb-d. FURTHER ENGAUKMISNTri. LONDON, April Id. C. i!.)«;<> 1. Moon) and Retlmne's 1 lor. ", ;if Ii r Ir, o hour.’ hard holding, near l)rn ol:::dorji, in (lie east ot Orange Rher Colony, raptured eighty Boers, including C'. ammaudant Brusla :iud Lh ntenant.. Hindaync, ol the Struts Artillery. In tin: .west tin: Kimberley column hud o- light hetivecu .);u;ob..dal and Kofl.vlonU'io. The Boers lost heavily. AIIH t-ETLAN SOU S. (Received April l-l. .>.R) p.m.f LONDON, April lb. Tiie inhabitants of Nylstroum have hern sent, to I’reh'iriu. The lord Diiteh are pleased at the appointment oi progressivo Afrikanders lo (ho Transvaal Civil Courts.

(ini SIXTH CONTINGENT. GALLANT NEW ZEALANDERS. Tlic Sixth New Zealand Contingent (nrrv iviHi Major-General Tinnier’.-' colmmi) war; mil-’’long in Smith Africa before 11. saw same active service of (ho red Jci>i<l. A cablegram just, received by Hi- Premier sl ates I hat 3650 FarricrSeiwunt \V. 0. i'oiiso, of Melbourne, .....f:«;!(► Private A. H- Free, of Christchurch, have been reeonituended for reergniiiou of Micir dhdiiignhhed cmuliifb 1)!,7| gallant, acts hi capturing Evolve anved Boors. The Premier has received a. cablegram fronii the Governor of Cape Colony, dated the lltli instant, informing him Hint Private W. C. Lawrio, of the Sixth Cout ingen I. was slightly wounded in the thigh near Piotorsbnrg on‘April 7th. Advice from Pietersburg dated the i;uh states' tliid- 2329 Corpora! Taylor and Private X J.. Miller (of Wpllmgtun) were severely wounded on the lOlli inst., hut both are doing well. Privates H. Popham. (of Oropuki) and IJPHttv (Pid-ekot', Auckland) are seriously ill wiih dysentery at Pretoria Hos- ' No. 3811 Private W. J. Moore, of Amherlcy. Canterbury, died of dysentery at Pretoria cm the 12th. The Premier has received the following cablee from the Premier of Victoria, under dado April 10 : —“Lieutenant Keddeli and. Private Smith., of you' - colony, arrived this morning from South Africa hv tho Ortona, and are leaving for Wellington by tho \w v .ora. • Lieutenant Kcddell is wounded in the Mt ana, but is otherwise in good health.’'