THE TRANSVAAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 7691, 7 December 1899, Page 2

THE TRANSVAAL.

By Eleotbio Tblegbajph.— Copyright. (PER UKITED PBES3 ASSOCIATION) Received December 7, at 9.50 a.m. Capetown, December 6. Lord Methuen's big guns and supplies have arrived.It is believed that Mafeking ia too feeble to risk engaging a small investing force. The buildings at the De Beers mine, Kimberley, have been converted into a workshop and arsenal, where shells are being made with the grim inscription, "With Rhodes' compliments." (The natives report that the Boers boast about capturing Rhodes and exhibiting him in a cage. Six months' provisions have been stored at Pretoria. London, December 6. The British war fund amounts to L 375.000. A ribald anti-British song, concluding with an insult to the QueeD, has been seized at Paris. General Yule, who succeeded General Symons, is returning, owing to broken health. The seventh division of the British Army will shortly be formed and despatched if needed. Capetown, December 6 The Boers havs abandoned Arundel. Twelve hundred occupied Dordrecht. Twenty-two British were killed and 31 wounded at Kimberley in capturing a laager on the 28th. The Boers at Modder River wore the red cross while serving ammunition. Durban, December 6. The hills about Ladyamith and Colenso are dotted with large guns, 'iwenty-six guns surround Ladysmith.