THE TRANSVAAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11661, 21 January 1902, Page 2

THE TRANSVAAL.

THE PRISONERS. AT. THE CAPE. THE.TONE OFTHE AUSTBIAN PRESS.:. THE GHIEF BOER. DEPOT. United Press Association—-Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9,4 a.m.. January 20th. LONDON, January 19., Several Boer prisoners at the Cupe havei gassed university "examinations. > ' The tone of the Austrian newspapers has. become decidedly more favourable to Britain. The "Nene Freie Presse" says that, the warmth of.the King's acknowledgment.' !of the colonics' self-sacrifite shows that Mriohamberlain, was- right in alleging that:, ißritain wn» no little island Empire,., but; Represented the wholfr: of the British:.race* ,'in five parts\.of-the-, world. ! The chief Boer depot, between QlifctutSv and an almost inaccessible posisito;, contains 60,000 small arms and quantities of ammunition. There aro indications- that resistance will be unbroken until the/British oocupy Zoutspanberg. EXECUTION' OF SCHEEPERS, THE STORMTNG' OF GRIQUATOWN. MAJOR- WHITEHEAD KILLED. • THE BOERS LOSE SEVERELY. Received' M; 48? p„m., January LONDON, January 20. Scheepers was executed at Graaf Beinet on Saturday. Kruitziiiger will be tried immediately. Majdr Whitehead and a company of the Munster- Fusileers- stormed a position at Griquatown at the point of the Bayonet. Major Whitehead and four- men were, killed, and five' men seriously- wounded. The Boers lost severely. Colonel Murfro's column .tilled' four and captured' six Boers at K.u-welsproit. Tile Boers in the Barkiy Ed*t district admit that 150 have been killed',, captured, aad deserted within the last two months. Twenty - three additional Boer leaders-, have- been permanently b&nitlieri. Dr Kupyev said that Mr Wolmarans, one of the Boer peace delegates at the* Hagu«, directly returned' from- London and' ooiwmunicated with Mr Ktuger, who sum-, moned Mr Fischer and Ml' Loyds to con-, for: It is reported chut- several official' 1 colonial and foreign officer* are ' the Hague under assumed' names. Tlle» Boer delegates, especially Mr Kruger njid' Mr Leyds, are most reluctant to suggest , a basis" for negotiations siirce Lord Salisbury's declaration in the- House of Lord* on 'Thursday, fearing- a rebuff. Reuter's Agency reports that Mr Wblwiarans, in the course of an interview, stated that the blockhouses would fiiuVb the war quicker than anything else.A' DENIAL BY' DR KUYPER. PETITION TO BOTHA TO END THE WAB. TKICHARD'S COMMANDO THREATEN ', TO sm^RENDER. Received 12C30 a.m.. January 21st. LONDON. January £O. Dr Kuyper has telegraphed to the "Times " denying tfcat he induced the Boer delegates to formulate terms of peace. The "Timets""- Pretoria eorrespnnuent states that the numerous captures are demoralising the Boers in the Eastern Transvaal. A number have petitioned Ger.eval Botha to end' thei war quietly, alleging that they are unable to bear the thought of their women and' children starring in the concentration camps. The "Times" suggests that this is an excuse to avoid,a. charge of cowardice. Tnchard v s commando threaten to surrender. Trichard has appealed to Botha to, quell rile dissatisfaction. Seven hundred Boers have beer. l captureui in tie Eastern Transvaal in six weeks. THE TRIAL OF DR KRAUSE. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS; THE RETURN OF THE OUTLANDERS. Received 12.58 a.m.. January 2tst. LONDON, Janraiy 20. Dr Krouse at his trial, stared that Broecksmn supplied the information in regard to concentration camps, to be furnished to the "Daily News." Judge Alverstone, in sentencing' the accused, said that Krause was morally guilty of murder ; that he had used the weapons of a. irnirdener against his political opponents. Mr J. C. Henderson, of the Henderson's Transvaal Estates Company, limited. Johannesburg, has offered £IO.OOO if the charges of inhumanity against the British are proved within six months. He leaves the decision) to the treasurers of four London hospitals; if it is adverse half the money to go to the London hospitals, andhalf to hospitals on the Continent.

dent that neuily 50,000 Outianders desired to return. A committee composed ot British loyalists make selection, giving preference to" loyalists, especially those i able to employ others or those wuo fougnt it the war. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 20. Lieutenant G. I>. Shera. jnentwueo. for gallantry in Loi-d Jvitcnener» despatches, is 3. D. G- Shera, sen of \i- J M- Shera. funnelly memuer for Auckland City. i'be affair occurred on the Swaziland" border. Lientenant Saera reported that there was a Boer laager in a-ct-c-e in the vkii-ity. He was sen. with 50 New Zeaiander.s and 30 Queensland BcsiiniL-n. ;-:Ed destroyed the laager and made important captures. WELLINGTON, January 20. The Premier is advised that Private Wm. Hv. Davies. cf the Seventh Contingent, who belongs to Medburg, North Canterbury, was lying dangerously ill at Charlastown on January 13th, from a gunshot wound. A NINTH CONTINGENT TO BE SENT. WELLINGTON. January 20. The Government have received an intimaticvn from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that His Majesty's Government will be <-l?d to have another 1000 men raised in New Zealand en the same terms as the Eighth Contingent. Th,e Premier has consulted" members of Parliament by tele-graph.-and has already received replies from I majority approving of the idea He> has. therefore." cabled to the Imperial Government that another contingent will oe raised Becruitine will be started at once out of the 3000 men who lately applied ior enlistment ove- .-»: d above the 1000 required for the Eiehtf. Contingent. A larger proportion will be allotted to country districts than in the former case. The tmopshir. Surrey, which takes the "North Island section of the Eighth Contingent to South Africa, arrived to-night from Svdney. The Contingent may not leave till the 29th inst. TH E CONTINENTAL SLANDERS. AUCKLAND, January 20. At a meeting of the City Council to-night the Mavor moved "That this council in the name and on behalf of the citizens ot Auckland indignantly resents the slanderous attacks made in the German press upon ) the honour cf the British Empire, and upon the Imperial and Colonial Troops operating in South Africa and desires to expres-s its high appreciation of and thanks to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain for his pronvot. vigorons. and effective refutation of such uncalled-for attacks; the council believes the adoption of a vigorous military campaign with the object of speedily terminating the war in South \friea~is the policy dictated by consideration* frr humanity and it regrets exceedingly that bloodshed has been prolonged by the action 'of a section of our own countrvmen creating false hopes m the minds "of enemies of the Empire.'- Patriotic speeches were delivered by the Mayor and others. The suggestion of preferential duties against foreign goods was heartily applauded. One member stated that whatever duty should the Government find ft here^aiv" to put on British goods should be doubled in the case of foreign manufactures. The motion was unanimously carried with enthusiasm, a large eatherinir cf the general public being pre-, sent. "Gcd Save the King" was heartily sun?. . A shaiiir motion was carried at a meeting of t":ie Grey Lynn Borough Council. THE WORK OF THE " SEVENTH." Ser-eant Kenneth G. Malcolm, of the Seventh New Zealand Contingent, formerly a member of the Wanganui Rifles, -thus describes his experiences under date Yryheid. Eastern Transvaal, 2nd December : -We are continually under fire with the enemy, and eur losses seem to be on the increase. The last few months we have been employed hunting the Boers out of the bush. " It seems that it is their last resort of refuge. They trek into the back part and laager their convoy in the dense bush. The consequence is we have to charge the bush and capture them, which is a very risky and dangerous undertaking, I can Vssure Vou. But the work has to be dose, and we have to do it. We have done >ome very serviceable work since we came out. and we have been complimented by the Commander-in-Chief. By the time this reaches vou- we will have been nine