CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 11, 14 January 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

BOER WAR. ' - i

. B* Elkctbio Telegraph—Copyright' I

UKNEKAL ITEMS. FIB PRKIB ASSOCIATIOX. London, January 12. Lord Kitchener's despatch contains nothing of a sensational character, {le v reports a great improvement in South Africa, instancing the f <ct that he- * tween Jun», 1900, and June, 1901, there were 28 interruptions of the ,J 'railway line, while not a single interrupfion has been reported iu the last three months. Laid Milder, it is added, will not flinch from his task b> oause a number ' f ill-bred curs are , „ barking at his heels. Private W. H. Stock, if the Six'h New Zealand Contingent, died of enteric. Volunteers are indisposed to respond to the appeal to replace those in -South Africi at a -shilling a d y, while ihej ' Yeomen receive five shillings. I Sydney, Janua y 13. j

Lord Kitchener hae asked Colonel % Williams, who did such good service as Surgeon General of the Aust' ali m Medical Corps, to return to Souih Africa. Receive! 13; 11,12 p m. London, January 13. Cfolonel Sir James Willcocks, who ' commanded the expedition that re- ' Jieved Kumaa'i in 1900, has b en ordered to South Africa. The man L'eberoberg has been executed at Aliwal for murdering Lieutenant Neumeyer, who was explored unarmed and shot by two Boerc* in November 1900. The other murderer vu previously executed. ' OpI""*' Byng captured several Boerand a Krupp gun, minus the breach* block, near Reitz THB BOERS IN THE FIEbD; j GERMAN Pi ESS BACKING DOWN. Received 13,11.24 p m. London, January 13. The Standards Pretoria correspondent states that the correct total of Boers in tbe field is 13,000. The German Press is astonished at Britain's outburst of indignation. It had bew imagined that she was too

fatten d with Sou h Afrioa to notice theinsul a, tiud th« ton of the articles has suddenly modified. A ( HECK TO DE WE (\ Received 14,0.' 4 a.m. London, January 13. Armoured traios batweeo Nirooostad and Wolvubock prevented De Wet with 1200 men, from cro-sing the railway. De Wet retired eastward, and Delist 1 is pursuing. Colonel Wing captuied 42 Boers | nerobwest of E melo, including Majoi Wolmorans, Daptain Wolmorans, and Lieutenant Molud, of the Staits Aitillierie. BOKRB SHOOTING NATIVES. HOW THE BOER LIES ARE SPREAD. Received 14,0.27 a.m London, January 13. Settler's agency states that ten rebel*, under Commandant Gaeldenbuie, robbed and shot eight natives at Soucherland, in Colony. According to the Daily ixpress, the Rotterdam newspaper isieuwe Rotterdam Cour ant hooeotly confesses that Dr. Leyds p«id it to publish a statement tfa» Boers wounded and taken I prisoners at Elandslaagte wer* billed by the British. The Standards total of Boers in the field includes rebels. L'*eu'eoant Riddick, of the New Zealand Mountsds, is convalescent, and has resumed duty. % OOLOHEL DA VIES' POPULARITY. Colonel Davifs received a great sur- ' prise on visiting the camp at Trtn'ham. When he arrived, tbe men were at lunch, but one of the troopers saw birn and passed the word along tbe lines, and immediately the men crowded out, 1 surrounding the Colonel and cheering vociferously. " What's all this cheering fort" he asked. "For you," was * the reply. Then a trooper with a big i voice oiled out, " Three cheers for ! Colonel Davies." They were given with " vigour over and over again, despite the protestations of the Colonel, who shook his'stick at the men and told them to ' [stop. The Colonel received a clear in- ' timation that be was wanted for the ' command, —ffawke's Bay Herald.