THE BOERS' ACTIVITY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11922, 21 December 1900, Page 5

THE BOERS' ACTIVITY.

~: THE. SUPPOSED REASON. LONDON, Decemoer 19. . {Received .Dec; 20, at 10.49 p.m.) . .- ■The recent spurts of Boe. energy are attributed to Lord Kitchener's comparative inaction, awaiting a sufficiency of mounted troops, and also to a vain hope of suddenly forcing better terms from the British. ' :,• . ■-■' - ■ .

; INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH. ! " LONDON, December 19. - (Received Dec. 20; at 4.50 p.m.) -The lioers are wearing a medal engraved "Tridfependence'^or deatii." •■■•*'' •'

DISPOSING OF SURRENDEREES.

ANOTHER BATCH FOR CEYLON,

... LONDON, December 20. '.'." (Received Dec. 20, at 10.49 p.m.) 'Six hundred surrenderers,'unable to undergo transportation, have been transferred to Durban for transport to the military camp at Lady-smith. Six hundred and forty-three other prisoners, including 19 officers, have been despatched to Ceylon.

MR KRUGER STILL PLOTTING.

LONDON, December 20,

(Received Dec. 21, at 1.28 a.m.)

• Mr Kruger, in defiance of Dr Beaufort's wishes, visited Amsterdam and received an ovation. He is trying to excite the people against the Government.

LORD ROBERTS'S RETURN.

THE PROGRAMME PROPOSED.

LONDON, December-19.

' (Received Dec. 20, at 8.57 a.m.) Lord Roberts will .arrive in the Solent on» January 2, and upon his arrival visits the Queen at Osborne. 'fhe thanksgiving service at fit.' Paul's Cathedral has been deferred until the end of the operations now in progress in South Africa.

A -further message states -that Lord Roberts will land at Southampton on January 3, and will be received by the Prince of Wales and other Royal personages, and the .army headquarters staff. in Condon. From there he goes direct to Buckingham palace to luncheon.