ARREST OF PRETORIUS.
BOERS WRECK THE COALFIELDS. REINFORCEMENTS FOR LORD METHUEN. Durban, December 8. Pretoriua, a member of the Natal Assembly, haa been arrested for treason. General Jonbert haa spent two nights at his house. The Boers have wrecked the Indwe coalfields railway and annexed the Dordrecht district. The Navals' gana have engaged the Boers' long Tom at Oolenso. Capetown, December 8. A battery of the Horse Artillery and the 12th Lancers have reinforced General Lord Methuen. Ten thousand Oape Volunteers are now m the field. Bloemfontein, December 8. Mr Steyn has arrived at Spytsfontein, where he was received with enthusiasm. Sydney, December 8 The Aberdeen with the New South Wales troops arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 3rd.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 3130, 9 December 1899, Page 3
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119ARREST OF PRETORIUS. Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 3130, 9 December 1899, Page 3
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