SOUTH AFRICA

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9091, 9 July 1915, Page 6

SOUTH AFRICA

GERMANY HAD MADE COMPLETE PREPARATIONS By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright CAPETOWN, July 7. Colonel Krog, a burgher commandant, declares that evidence has been discovered during the campaign which proves conclusively that Germany had made complete preparations to conquer South Africa. OFFER OF MEN AND GUNS ACCEPTED BY IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph —Press Association —Copyright PRETORIA, July 7. Official.—The Imperial Government has gratefully accepted the Union’s offer of some heavy batteries and an Imperial Contingent. a nighTharch RUNNING FIGHT FOR SEVERAL MILES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright CAPETOWN, July 7. Before reaching Otavi, many of General Botha’s Free State troops night-marched a distance of forty miles along waterless tracks, and then took part in a running light for several miles through thornbush country. The Germans used the cover of the bushes throughout their retirement. The Union forces often were within a few yards of the enemy, but their (exhaustion and the density of the bush obliged them to suspend the pursuit for the present. MINES IN THEjAFRIGAN DESERT SOWN BY THE GERMANS, WHO SUFFER HEAVILY. By .Telograpti-—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, July 7. A Rhodesian trooper’s letter states that the Germans planted mines all over the desert, and that a German newspaper declared that General Botha’s road to Windhoek (Gorman South-West Africa) would bo a sea of 'blood. Actually, mines killed 61 Germans, and killed or wounded five British. METALS By Telegraph—Press Associ.V’ n •• MELBOURNE, July 8. In reply to a question whether the •contracts of the Broken Hill companies prevented them shipping their products to England, the AttorneyGeneral (the Hon. W. M. Hughes) said they did not. If an enemy contract was valid or if it was invalid, there was no reason why the companies could not sell to the British Government. Some of the companies were acting on the assumption that the Act was invalid, and were consequently not shipping metals as they should. WOMEN AS JURORS fly Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, July 7. In the House of Commons, replying to a suggestion that women should be allowed to act as jurors, thus releasing men for war service, the Secretary for Home Affairs (Sir John Simon) said he did not propose to introduce legislation on a contentious subject.