IN AFRICA.

Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 765, 27 September 1900, Page 2

IN AFRICA.

FOREIGN MERCENARIES

London, September 25. The Portuguese authorities are promising maintenance and also passages home to most of the mercenaries who have left the Transvaal. THE BARBERTON LOCOMOTIVES. VALUED AT HALF A MILLION. PROTECTORATE OVER THE REPUBLICS. SHREINER'S AMENDMENT LOST (Received September 26, 10.50 p.m.) London, September 26. The locomotives found at Barberton are valued at half a million. Capetown, September 26. In the Assembly, Schreiner's amendment, recommending a protectorate over the Republics, was shelved by 41 to 39. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A RAILWAY DEFEATED. WAGGON LOAD OP DYNAMITE CAPTURED. VILJOEN ATTEMPTINGTO JOIN DE WET. (Received September 26, 10.50 p.m). London, September 26. ! An attempt to destroy the railway at Roodeval Spruit was defeated and a waggon load of dynamite was captured. Viljoen, with his commando, followed the Seban railway, intending to effect a junction with De Wet.

SPEECH BY MR SPRIGG. - KRUGER DENOUNCED AS A THIEF. (Received September 26,10.20 p.m.) Capetown, September 26. Mr Sprigg, in a speech at the Cape Assembly, stated that Kruger was not only a capitalist, but a thief. He had stolen the moneys of the Republics, and the speaker hoped that the Portuguese would compel him to disgorge the spoils.