THE TRANSVAAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 11592, 30 October 1901, Page 2

THE TRANSVAAL.

AN INDISCREET CONSUL-GENERAL, THE BOER CONCENTRATION CAMPSSENTENCES ON REBELS. United Press Association—Per Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9.2 a.m., October 28th. LONDON, October 28.

Reuter's Agency reports that at the instance of Great Britain the Government of the Netherlands has given the Dutch. Consul-General at Pretoria indefinite leave of absence for'assisting Brocksma.

• The Bishop of Hereford, Canon Gore, and others, have appealed to the Government to remove all Boer concentration camps to healthy seaside places. Many of Sir Redvers Bullers' prominent Eersonal friends depreiate the agitation on is behalf.

Mr Chamberlain's Edinburgh speech evoked a storm of indignant protests in the German press. Recently, while the transports Sussex and Kent were lying in Holdje Bay, on the west coast of Cape Colony, Boers tried to secure command .of the narrow entranceto the harbour. The captains signalled to the gunboat Partridge, which shelled and dispersed the Boers. A number of burghers still in the field have been attached in pursuance of Lord Kitchener's recent proclamation. ■ Two rebels at Vryburg have been sentenced to ten years' transportation for serving with commandos. The Rouen dockers urge the convening of a congress of European dockers with a view to adopting the Dutch proposal toboycott British shipping, and thus compel the termination of the South Afrjgan war.

CASUALTIES AMONG NEW ZEALANDERS.

HEAVY REARGUARD ATTACK.

THE BOERS EXPELLED PROM KOFFYFONTEIN.

Received 10.34 p.m., October 29th. LONDON, October 29.

Corporal W. J. Byrne was accidentally killed, and Private Thomas Crawford severely wounded at Goldgevonden. Both "belong to the New Zealand Mounteds. Colonel Benson v' 4 the 22nd instant surprised a laager at Tricharsfontein, capturing 37 Boers. He repulsed a heavy rearguard attack by Grobelaar's and Erasmus commandos at Yzervarkfontein.

Colonel Henry expelled . Nieuwliandt's' commando from a strong position at Koflyfontein, and is pursuing them.

CAPTURES OF BOERS.

Received 0.25 a.m., October 30th. i LONDON, October 29.

Major Holme?' column has captured 46' Boers at Doornkop, and Colonel Pilcher's 27 Boers at Caledon River.

CASUALTIES AMONG NEW . ZEALAJJDERS.

RETURNING NEW ZEALANDERS.

Per Press Association.

WELLINGTON, October 29. The Government is advised that Corporal W. J. Byrne, of the Seventh Contingent, whose mother lives in Christchurch, died at Gennedevouden on October 23rd from a. gunshot- wound in the chest, also that, on October 24th James Crawford, of the Seventh Contingent, who belongs to Waimate, Canterbury, was accidentally and severely wounded in the right forearm, and Alex. Mitchell, of the Seventh Contingent, who belongs to' Pleasant Point, Canterbury, was dangerously ill of enteric fever at Mooi river on October 26th.

The Premier has received the following cablegram from Lord Kitchener at Pretoria :—" October 28tli. The officers and men of the Fourth and Fifth Contingents who wish to do so are returning to New Zealand."