CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 243, 8 December 1900, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

(Br Eleqtbic Tklbobapii.—OoratiGHT.) BOER WAR. OPERATIONS AGAINST DE WET. ENROLMENT OF RAND RIFLES. DUTOH PASTORS PLACE INDEPENDENCE BEITOKE PEAOE. (PHB PBU3S ASBOOIATIOM.J Rcceivod 7, 9.40 a.m. Lohdox, D >o mbar 6. Colonel Pilcher, on Decoinber 4th, spiritedly outflmkoi Commandant De Wet's right, onabiing General Knox to expel the Boers from all their positions and drive them northward. Twenty thousand Hand Rifles are being enrolled on a basis of voluntary training for defensive purposes. The corps is intended as a model fer similar carps throughout the Empire. A meeting of 40 pastors of the Dutch Church at Stellenbosch, Gape Colony, adopted a manifesto declaring that the independence ef the Republics is the only condition of peace.

BOERS RKPULBBD AT UJKBOHT. LORD ROBERTS' DEPARTURE. DEATHS FROM EMTERIO. PRAISE FROM THE AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN. (Received 7,10 a.m.) London, December 7. * The Utrecht garrison repulsed an ittack by 200 Boers, killing six, Lord Roberts received an oration at Durban. Ha has sailed for Capetown. The following deaths hare occurred f'om enteric:—Sergeant McGowen, Victoria; and Private Morris, New Soush Wales Bushmen. Detachments of Canadian Artillery md Australians with two Maxims and Sew South WaUs Lancers are encamped on the Blopßs at Worcester. A match between the Australians ind a local team was postponed as they ire net allowed to enter the town. The Dutch residents are incensed at he British precautions, espicially at r.he guns commanding the meeting l>lace of tho forthcoming congress. Four hundrol Africander Bund delegates and many Dutch clergy and members of Parlinmcmt' attend the Congress at Worcester. (A;,uum, December 6. The Ameer of Afghanistan is d<ligiitoJ with the Bdtsh wiccessei in ■South Africa, aud eulogises the bravery of the troops.

KRUOER'S MISSION. * , (Received 7,10 a.m.) Bbeun, Djoember 6. Tho Envoy from Luxemburg informed \lr. Kruger that concerning arbitra ■ion the Emparor stood severely aloaf from South Africa.

Mi-. Kruger has started for Tii* Hague.

i The Hauuk, December 6, Tho Premier of the Netherlands, -peaking in tho Second Chamber, wtited r hat ha was unable to foresee the togical moment when the Netherlands -vould ba able t» propose arbitration in South Africa. ,

Lisbon, December 6. The reason givan for the withdrawal jf Mr. Potts' exequatur while acting as Dutch Consul, in that the continued halp to the Baerj thereby endangered Portugal's amicable relations with Great Britain.

PURSUIT OK DE WET. DELAREY ATTACKS A CONVOY. A STUBBORN KIGHT. KRUGER AT THE HAGUK. CONSOLED WITH««JBALMS AND HYMNS. LONDON'S WELCOME TO THE CANADIANS. lteceivod 7, 10.50 p.m. Losdok, December 7. Da Wet crossed Kirseport Drift, Caledon River, on the sth, making for 'he direction of Odendal, where the Guards hold the drift. The river igj uow in fhod.

General Knox, with a porlion of his force, is pursuing Da Wet. The remriadar of Knox's men c;xws to Buthulie.

Five hundred of Dalarey's force determinedly attacked a ProtJria—Rub- [ |enbur« convoy at Buffols Poor!; on the 3rd. Tho escort consiste iof 25 Victorians (in'jimtiMl), with two g'ing of itho 751)1 liii.t, ry, and two compaci'B jjfthe Wwt Yorkshire. Tho details show that tlis Y-jrkshiro Light Inhutry m tho wort of the kopjes fought with great gulhutry.

J Tho ii.urs entered ihi first half of | tho convoy, burnt the wnggona. General Broadwood sending assiat.inco, tho Beers diapsriad on the 4;hJ |TTWWg'BlifloFsi i'Jiavily. Some were killed by ca=e shot at aft- yards from! | the guns. ""

The British hud 15 kiih-d and 23 wounded. Tin: Hauuk, Dtcnmber 7. Krugor, on arrival jiure, wan met by tho Burgomaster, but no otio represont!ug tho Court or Government was present at tho railway station. i Tho a atos Guuoi'hl parsed a resolution, of sympathy awl welcome,

There" wan intense popular enoM*7 siasm, 700 men and girls cfaaataft selections of psalms, another eheir «t the hotel sang a special hymn, and J three ladies preceded Kruger « ho ascended the staircase, scattering flowers before him. The members of (he Govenuaoaa subsequently called on (he ex-Frasi< dent. London, Deoember7. A great reception was aooorded Chi Canadian soldiers on their arrival here. They were shown (he sights of tim city and invited to the Houses of Farli&ment where Lord Lanedowne, tim Duke of Argyle, Lord Aberdeen and Mr. Chamberlain deUveredeuloginini.

BOERS EXPELLED FltOM LOSBUBOj (ReoeivedT, ILUmb.) Lorooir, December 6. General French, operating in eastern Transvaal, expelled 600 Bom ii tin Loeburg district, and captured mtMJ prisoners and a thousand oattk I ____ STRENGTH OF BOEB fOBOB. DETAILS OF UKITKONTBIt. I*o4ol. MKNT. (Received 8.1.4 a.m.) IjOkdo*, Daoember t. Tho Standard say the Boers claim to have twenty thousand fighting man, largely participating in oonoartsj movements southwards. Lord Kitchener has (topped peyiag the burghers for the hire of waggoM till resistance has ceased. Further details of the fight at Rettfontoin show that 4000 Boere ferirf a crasceut 7 miles long; the left ratted on the Rhenoster with ridges it the contra and small kopjita at (he rear. k hundred and fifty Queeulanden seized the heights on the left, where they were so hotly engaged at SOOpIe, chat they were reinforced v» 100 Viotoriaus and a eeotiea ef she 38th Btftery. Thsa tho Bufc> men and New Zetlaoden erept up at the right occupying the ridfe. L'here the Australians were ooatuuously subjected to a terrific firaaa were the gunners of the battery om tit* left and centra who reoeired their ammunition with difficulty, being otae* palled to jump up and fire and then lit prostrate. The Colonials had (he utmost task to hold their own. The 38th Battery compelled tk* daemy to slightly waver, then ageneral advance followed, after whioh oeaw* deadlock for hours. The Munsters, Colonials, and otaeM tvore exposed to the entire smm of tiki Boer fire. After the Boers ultimate' retreat, 30 new graves were discovered.

CASUALTIES. (Received 7, 10.55 p.*.) umo*,Jimmb*r. Captain Orawshaw'g aud Lmtaout fucker's woimls ore gliglu, LUsh Montgamerie's injury to tho booth bolieved to be severe. Surgwm-Oap. fjiin Godfrey and Lieut. SonußMttw mve fractured boats, the former i«9k«,

™, ~ , T ««Oi Daotaber 7. The Mtyw has rootit«d a oiaUtnm Jap l «m Orawshiir stating tart Far-iir-Sirjaant B. E, Smyth, of Timor* 19 dead,

WutLiNGTos, December 7. It trmspiris ttiat Troiper Oppm* ißittwiio wiskiMw tUttomwnfa )aj of theuxcrt towers Mint over Ola©* ;.a main ,<i le't, i£« watft * >n of Mr. E, Oppe iham, of Orient I'errice, Übris ehuicli.

I Tho Promior big rec4v,id the follow* ng o^Ugfum:—"All acciuut* om> dim the gallant couduoi of Oadookte own in the battlt of &h«no*tor book. Chey beat back the mostaeriouttlaokl md afterwards ctrried the oMawfe Josition, after the Yorkibira and Irak infantry had been repulsed." Mr. Soddon hat received Um fallowtag from Major Oradodc, dated De* cemb jr 6ih:—« Whilst imply grieving he death of onr gtllant men on t2 29tb, I am pleased to say the decern inform ma thjy anticipate no dangw to life or limb amongst the 21 wounded the aim) diy, except No. 418 Sober* Kiwsri Smyth; but alt fouot aeaeaU tioiently." *