CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4384, 15 June 1901, Page 7

CABLE NEWS.

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

UNITED PKTSSB ASSOCIATION.—-KT ELECTRIC TEljEti KA I*ll.

FIGHTING IN CAPE COLONYROUT OP A RAIDING COMMANDO. LONDON, June 13. Colonel Scoboll’s fame at dawn, on tiio Gtlij surprised Letter's and Kruitzingor’s commandoes, mmmhenng -IUO, laagered in tho valley of King-crown, preparing to attack Barkley East, Ihc Boor pickets on the lull gave warning of Uio approach of the British. Colonel Scohell sent a .squadron of the Capo Mounted Rifles, under Captain Lukin, to reconnoitre the main column. Descending the lulls in the darkness, Captain. Lukin, shouting, “Hands up, charged with his squadron. . The enemy bolted, leaving their spare horses and Li,ooo rounds of ammunition. Fourteen prisoners and a gtm were takenAt sunrise the rout of the Boors was completed. PILES ENT POSITION OF AFFAIRS. (Received Juno 1-1, 10.54 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 14. Replying to -Sir Henry Campbell Ban. nerniiiu in the of Commons, the Hon. A- J- Balfour said that Boers wer r scattered itt commandoes of one hundred and two over Orange River Colony and tiio Transvaal and small portions of Capo Colony. The largest commando that had been mentioned in the official despatches was oix hundred strong, and it was estimated that there were still seventeen thousand Boers in the hold. Mr Balfour added that the rumours regarding peace negotiations being in progress were baseless. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, Juno 13. A British force commanded by Colonel Pulteney, captured twenty-six Boors, m. eluding General Sehalk Burgers brother, on the Swaziland border. Tho Boors returned to the Sonekal and Lydenburg district immediately Sir Uindon Blood withdrew his troops. BERLIN, Juno 13Tho German press is furious at the report of tho Transvaal Concessions Commission, because it upsets recent speculations in connection with the Netherlands railway. Tho Telegraph Department advises that until further notice telegrams writton in plain llniglisir, addressed to tho following places in Orange River Colony and Transvaal, are to he sent at sender’s risks, and will be subject to censorship - Orange River Colony—Edinburgh, Bloemfontein, Brandfort, Kroonstail, Harrismith; In Transvaal—Johan, nosburg, Pretoria, Potchfcstroom, V«rcenigrots, Holdleberg, Standorton, Volkrust, Middolburg, Vakkofstroom, Kru gorsdorp and Barberton. Telegrams will bo subject to delay.