SOUTH AFRICA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2545, 24 December 1902, Page 24

SOUTH AFRICA.

THE RESTOCKING QTJESTtON. (QUOTATIONS FOR SHEEP ASKED :: . for. JINAL APPEAL BY THE GENERALS. ALLEGED BOND INTRIGUES. APPLICATION FOR A WELSH SETTLEMENT. CAPETOWN, December 19. The loyalists declare that Bond intrigues are TaprdlyspreadMig'liorthward, despito fair words and a fairer proftrnittme. . The biu'gher claims under Article 10 »of the terms of surrender amount to 90 millions. December 20. The new Legislative Assembly in Natal Consists of 20 Ministerialists and 19 Opposition. | . " LONDON, December 16. The re-stocking of farms in the Vry- ; lieid aiid Utrecht districts is completed. I . Dinizulu's tribesmen are 'conforming -to the law, and surrendering their cap- • tared Boer weapons. ■ / December 17. Lord Onslow states that the Government contemplate sending to South (Africa bacteriological experts to study remedies for cattle diseases. The Government are importing Queensland cattle and large numbers of Australian sheep and English rams* with a view to establishing experimental farms j and a veterinary department, to educate the Boers how to combat diseases. • , ' December 18. A final appeal to Holland by the Boer generals reiterates the necessity of public charity, several cases requiring assistance, despite Great Britain's attempts to ameliorate the sad state of the Boers. (Received Dec. 20/- at 1.28 a.m.) 'Af.ter the disbandinent of 4000 enrolled during fehe war contiugency, 6000 South African Constabulary have been retained. - The draft ordinance for a municipal franchise in Johannesburg has been submitted to .-Lord Miluer. The report declares that true wisdom lies" in not allowing aliens political power, even in municipal administration. The Times states that the Dutch loyalists are planning an. organisation for -mutual support throughout South Africa.; *. -, ? / , . December 19. . Delegates from the Welsh colony in • Chubut Valley, -Eastern Patagonia, ap- - plied -to Lord;, Milner •to grant a large j • tract of the-Transvaal for a Welsh settlement on similar lines to the Chubut settlement. MELBOURNE, December 17. The Minister of Agriculture ha.s received a cable from the Victorian Government agent in South Africa asking for a quotation for 100,000 two and four-tooth ewes, c.i.f., East London. The Government has also received information- that prices in a recent sale of sheep at Durban ranged from 22s to 275. Argentine animals are offering at 245.