CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 2 July 1901, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(By Eluctbio TBLecmAPH.—Copyright.)

THE BOER WAR

DEALING WITH BOKB PRISONERS. RETURNING NEW ZBALANDERS. PBB PBBHS ASSOCIATION. London June 30. R- elf Li'igm was sentenc d a CoLsb rg ti fifteen years' imprisonment for having parti, ipited in a figLt at Damp'aits. Adrian DupUssis was ced to five yjars' impwonmeu". Tho Boars prison rs have be n removed frtm Gr e;>p in' cunp, most of tht m heir:g gen*, t > the ruf it£i e camps. Melbourne July 1. The following Now Z inlanders have a-rived f«om tho O-p.' by tbe Djmascu-: -S>rgfantShou f , Piivates Frater, Emery, Aislabe', and Maxwell. Lnvercargill, July 1. The Tagus has arrived at Albany. A private wire ht-itwa tba 1 ; S.th Kyle, aged 21, a native of Qiens'o-vn, and a member of the Fourth Contingent., di.don the voyage. Wellington, July 1. The steamer T-gus, with the Fourth and Fifth New Z-a'and Ojntingonts, left Albany for tho Bluff to-day. BOERS IN SOKE STR UTS. "RAIL-SITTING" NOT ALLOWED. Received 1, 10.54 p.m. London, July 1. Thero are constant skirmishes in the Midlands in Caps Colony. The Boers invariably rttr eat, with some loss. The Transvail Boats, are suffering from some disea-'e, and want of food. Sm 11 p-rtieajiigiitly attack the smaller towns, hoping to obtain ft-od fr< m friends. (Received 1, 1i.20 p.m.) Lonjk'lT, July 1. Colonel Hickmn has warnrd the Someis-t East rebe's that "sitting on the ferce " will cot- b nermtfcd, and lhat tLos-i who ly a'low the se'zura cf their property will not b? ompecisatel.