THE WAR.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 9963, 22 November 1900, Page 3

THE WAR.

T^'.< *|(B? Teleqbaph.) £22 (Per UrHed Press Association.) NEWS FROM THEJEAT OF WAR. Hospital Commission. Capetown, October 4. The Hospitals Commission received evidence to-day of the good management of the Rondebosch Hospital at Sterksstrom. It was stated, however, that at the Maitland Hospital the patients snfiered considerable neglect, and three deaths resulted. In many instances witnesses stated, the food was unsuitable. One of the hospital ships wag described as filthy, and the milk and food supplied were, according to the evidence, bad. The civil surgeon of the Tuli Hospital complained that the authorities would dc nothing. Horses, he said, were allowed to dis and rot near the tents, and it was impossible to procure the necessary medicine. Three patients died in consequence, including one Boer prisoner. The fqod supplied was unsuitable. Boer Prisoners Preaching SeditionLondon, November 19. Considerable indignation is felt at Capetown at the conduct of some of the Boer jjrisonera on parole, who are preaching sedition in the villages in Capa Colony where they are residing. New Zealanders Wounded and MissingEnglishmen AmbushedNovember 21. It is reported that of the New Zealanders, Eudgell has been woundad, and F. Bruce is missing, at Ventersdorp. Thirteen men belonging to the Yorks and Lancastera, who were travelling in a wagon, were ambushed south of Utrecht, and four were wounded. All were released. Eesult of De Wet's Proclamation. Many surrenderors are arriving in Lindley owing to De Wet'a proclamation that he will shoot all refasing to join him. Kruger's Final Effort The "Daily Express" states that P. Eloff, who has arrived at Marseilles, deolarea that Kruger is seeking honorable peace through the intervention of the Powers. . , Renter, from other sources, foreshadows a final theatrical appeal to the Queen to modify the demand for an unconditional surrender. Boer ciroles at Marseilles are despondent over the result of the visit. Returned TroopersWellington, November 21. The ss. Delphic arrived to-day with fifteen returned troopers, including J. C. Kirwin, of Nelson. They were received by the Premier and a crowd of citizens, welcomed, and entertained at luncheon. The Premier said the Colony appreciated their services, and announced that if there were any vacanciea in the Government service for which any of the men were suitable they would be given the positions.

Welmngtos, November 21. The Premier has received a cablegram from Sir A. Milner, stating that, 1385, Trooper D. S. Bruce -was missing at Ventersdorp on the 11th inst. Bruce belongs to the Fouth Contingent, and came from Tokomaru Bay, near Gisborne. The Imperial Government is vailing to place a large order in New Zealand for grain for consumption in South Africa if the pricaa be satisfactory. The Premier has no objection to those membert of the First Contingent who are on the Harlech Castle, and wish to do bo, remaining in Sydney to assist in representing the Colony at the Commonwealth calebrations. But he thinks the moat of them will be anxioua to come on home, and therefor* it would be a hardship to compel them to sl&v Captain Hume, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Huma, and formerly of the N.Z. Permanent Artillery, has left South Africa for England to undergo a year's military training at the Royal Artillery School, Shoeburyness, and the Hythe School of Musketry. Major Madocks has been permitted to visit England before resuming his position as Chief Staff Officer to the Commander of the Forces. The Premier has asked Mr Chamberiain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether any of the members of the New Zealand Contingents are to go Home before returning to the Colony, and he has indicated that if any ere to go they should go from the First Contingent. Colonel Bobin has been given the choic of going to England if bis men go, or of returning with the others to the Colony. -