THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 190, 4 August 1900, Page 3

THE WAR.

Bx Electrio Telegraph,—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) IN ORANGE JVER COLONY. CLOSING IN ON THE BOERS. (Received 4, 1.30 a.m.) 1 ' London, August 2, Generals Broadwood and Ridley are 1 tightening the cordon round Commandant De Wet and President Steyn in the hills west of Yredefort. INDISCREET JJRITISHERS. EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH BOERS. (Received 4, 1.30 a m.) , London, August 2. , Documents'discoveredat the Government offices in Pretoria indicate that some members of the British House of 1 Commons and other politicises had indiscreetly expressed sympathy with the Boers. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. BOTHA ASKS FOR CONFIRMATION OF SURRENDER, (Received 4, 1.44 a.m.) London, August 3. ' Commandant Botha asks for confirmation of the news of General Prins- 1 loo's surrender, and desires to communicate with Commandant De Wet. THE CAPE PARLIAMENT. THE TREASON BILL. * Received 3, 11.8 p.m. Capetown, August 2. Mr. Rose-Innes, in moving the second reading of the Treason Bill, , declared that the amnestying of 9000 rebels was impossible, since Great , Britain would not consent to such a , thing, THE HOSPITAL TESTIMONY OF RUDYARD KIPLING. ' Received 3, 9.5 a.m. LoNDpN, August 2. Lieut. Clet>, of New South Wales, and Captain Thompson, of the First Australian Horse, gave evidence before the Hospital Enquiry. Both of them warmly eulogissd the African hospitals, f Mr. Rudyard Kipling testified that the hospital authorities in February and March welcomed private aid. Drugs and pyjamas were Eupplied from the ''Absent-minded Beggar Fund," thus avoiding red tape delys, Received 3, 9 55 a.m. Melbourne, August 3. Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, from his own 1 experience, declares that the charges ( against the hospital management in j Africa are unfounded. 1 ] MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ' DEATH RATE FROM SICKNESS VERY ] HIGH. i Wellington, August 3. j The Agent-General cables to the Premier as follows:—"lam advised < that deaths from sickness in South Africa at the present time are reported , to be higher than at any time during the last three months." DEATH OF A NEW ZEALAND OFFICER. 1 Napier, August 3, ] A letter has been received by the ' Mayor from Major Jowsey, who an- 1 nounces the death of Lieutenant Berry, of the Third Contingent, at Johannesburg civil hospital, on June 3. Lieut. Berry, who held the position of captain ■ in the Napier Guards previous to pro- ! ceeding to the front, was very popular, : His wife and two children at present 1 reside in Wellington. 1