THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4380, 11 June 1901, Page 5

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

DENIAL ( F AN ALLEGED VICTORY (Kecciveu Juno 11, 0.20 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. - Lord Kitchener tlec.arcs the state ment that ooioncl VVlFon capture 1 oommanuaiit jucyers s cons oy iast wccii lu lie without lotiiiuauou. -‘i'uo Tunes ’ uveas tur.t it was u reputable news agency which circulated tho report. It is inquiring into D‘e origin ot sviiat purported to he a piccisj narrative ot lact.-., DEVIL- .PM ENT OF CAPE COLONY. (Received June 10, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, boiling to break down racial animosity, is studying impartially, irrespective of partv considerations, the development of the colony. The Mon T. W. Smartt, Commissioner of Public Works, intends to construct light railways wherever the prospects justuy, and also to carry out scientific irrigation. CAPTURE OF SNIPERS. (Received June 10, 10.45 n.m.) nONDO.V, June 10. A detachment of Ciolouei Scobell’s Capo Mounted Rifles rushed a kopje from which tho Doers were .sniping, and captured a hatch of snipers. , (Received Juno 11, O.liO a.m.) LONDON, June 10. Colonel Scobeli’s detachment, Besides capturing snipers, secured 13,0 DD rounds of small arijis ammunition. ANXIETY OF THE BOERS TO SURRENDER. (Received Juno 10, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, June TO. Fifteen waggons full of men and women from Krmclo have been brought to Standerton, including Dr Everard. The latter .states that all tho fighters are willing to surrender if their leaders would nermit them. SUPPRESSION OF DISLOYALTY. (Received June 10, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 10. At a great meeting of the Mafoking Branch of the South African League a resolution was passed recommending the ■suspension of tho Constitution and the suppression of the Afrikander Bond. (Received June 11, 0.25 a.m.) , LONDON, June 10. Sir W. F. Holy-H.nl chiuson, Governor of Cape Colony, who has concluded a tour of six towns in the western district of Cape Colony, received an encouraging reception from tho Dutch. The Capetown correspondent of “Tho Times” says the extremists of both parties woidu rather abolish free institutions than see their opponents in office, but the situation is in no wise unpromising. LOER PRISONERS. (Received June 10, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. A iue hundred Boor prisoners cave been interned at Bermuda. CHASING BOERS IN THE NORTH. 1 LONDON, Juno 0. Liontonant-Gcueral Sir Binden Blood’s operations have compelled the Boors D. hide in tho mountains. Several commandants, owning large farms, are disposed to surrender. OPERATIONS IN CAPE COLONY. LONDON, Juno 9. Colonel Wyndham’s column surprised Commandant Van Recnan at Rangetevlei, capturing twenty-two Boers. A patrol of Lancers which surrounded a farm at Steynsburg, thirty-two raiics west of Storm berg Junction, also captured twenty-two Boers. SHIPMENT OF REMOUNTS. (Received June 10, 10.45 p.m) LONDON, June 10. A thousand American and eight hundred Canadian remounts have heo.'i shipped to South Africa. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, June 9. A Dutch clergyman, now residing at Aberdeen, has written to the press, praising the humane treatment of tho Boor women and children at Port Elizabeth. Four hundred Australian Bushmen will sail in th© Roslyu Castle (from Capetown for Melbourne on Monday. (Received June 11, 0.20 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. Colonel Bullock’s column conveyed the residents of Ermelo to Standerton. Mrs Botha is going to Europe at her husband’s request. She will se© Mr Kruger, and return to the Transvaal in July. A correspondent complains that though thirty-six letters have been posted to a member of tho Sixth Contingent in South Africa, th 0 trooper in question had not seen on 0 of them at tho time- of writing his last letter which was received in Wellington a few days ago. The Premier has received a cablegram from Capetown stating that Sergeant Mehrtens, of Rangiora, a member of the Sixth Contingent, who has been ill, is sliwuclv better, and that Trooper Stack, of Pahautanui, is progressing favourably. Charles Morris, of Kitchener’s Scouts, whose next of kin is Mrs S. Morris, of Morningside, Auckland, was slightly wounded on the Ist in-

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