THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4428, 7 August 1901, Page 5

THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

INtJiS&gKTS OF TP® CAMPAIGN. LONDON, August 6. The police in. eight large towns in the Transvaal and Orange colonies are working under civil administration. A British patrol found under the floor of a farmhouse at Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg, seven thousand pounds sterling concealed in jam tins. < , ■‘The Times’’ surmises that Mr Steyn s Kroonstad letter is another protest and complaint. Many English and Continental newspapers consider that the conditions of peace outlined by ex-President Kruger to the "Figaro” interviewer prove the impossibility of any concession as suggested by pro-Boer politicians. The 18th Hussars, under Major-General F. W. Kitchener, charged with bayonets a strong kopje near Olifant’s river, in the Western Transvaal, and drove ‘■out General Viljoou’s men, of whom they killed or captured twelve. MISCELLANEOUS. (Received August 6, 11 p.m.) LONDON, August 6 Seventy waggons and additional prisoners have been captured at Boshof. Forty families from the Waterkloof district have .been sent to a concentration camp lest they should harbour raiders. There is said to be a consensus of opinion in Cape Colony that marauding bands should be declared outlaws. Troopers T. Eado, J. H. Liggins and E. Pritchard, were welcomed home by the residents of Tokomaru at a “social” on Fridav night. The guests of the evening were each presented with a_ gold Maltese cross as a.'memento of their service in South Africa. At the invitation of the committee of the Boys’ Institute a number of “old boys” attended at Godber’s rooms on Monday evening to welcome back from South “Africa three members of the Institute Farrier-Sergeant Hardham, Saddler Fernandos and Bugler Minifie. The Mayor presided. During the evening Lieutenant-Colonel Collins, on behalf of Trooper Mcßae, presented Sergeant Hardham with a_ gold albert chain in recognition of his gallantry in saving the latter’s life in action. It was for this brave deed that Hardham was recommended for the V.C.