MOVEMENT OF TROOPS
ME KRUGER'S APPEAL TO THE QUEEN. FORMATION OF VOLUNTEER : ; COMPANIES... "•■■ United PrW Association—By." -Electric •• Telegraph— Copyright. • The Dublin Fusiliers are being hurried to Ladysmith and the Manchester Battalion to Pietexmaritzburg. It is reported that President Kruger has appealed to the Queen to prevent bloodshed. LONDON, Sept. 21. Sir W. V. Haroourt, speaking at New Tredegar, said that the Boers' offer of. five years' franchise ought to "be accepted. The conditions were reasonable and conformable "with the Convention of 1884, though it was impossible to recognise the Transvaal as an independent State. ■ DURBAN/ Sept. 21. " A corps of 500 Imperial, light horse is being formed in NataL Messrs Sampson and Davies, who" were concerned in the Jameson Raid, have agreed to supply the Horses arid equipment, receiving majors' commissions. . PRETORIA, Sept. 21. Only 120 persons, including 105 Afrikanders, • have applied for the new Transvaal franchise. MELBOURNE, Sept. 2L , It is stated that a considerable portion of the orders received here for forage, are likely to be placed in New Zealand and Tasmania.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6597, 22 September 1899, Page 1
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174MOVEMENT OF TROOPS Star (Christchurch), Issue 6597, 22 September 1899, Page 1
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