... was severely wounded. COLONIZING WEST AFRICA. . London, Friday. Replying a deputation the Colonial Office to-day from the Manchester. Liverpool unci London of on the question of the unhealthy condition of Africa, Mr Chamberlain said believed the country ...

... THE DEFENCE OF N'AMAQUALAND. (P. A. War Special.) Forth Noll oth, Tuesday. Col Shelton, Commandant of Namaqualand. has arrived here. He inspected route Kranifontcin and Klipfontein, and also the Railway fortifications, and approved their defences. At ...

... little wars. He said, Since I came to office there have been six wars.” CHAMBERLAIN—I said nothing of the kind. That is deliberate misquotation. Mr LLO\D GEORGE said that since the right gentleman's Ministry came into power there had been six wars. He seemed ...

... Government would have to answer for when inquiry took place into the antecedents the war. Earl SPENCER said what struck him was that the late Secretary of State for War was responsible to Parliament for the administration of the army and its concerns, and ...

... civilised world hoped for, says, has not come to pass. The journal then dwells cn the fastgrowing aversion in Great Britain for the war and its sacrifices of blood, and remarks that further new danger for Gircat Britain is the MJahdi. rising. •‘More reinforcements ...

... sioners SPEECH MB. LABOrCHERE. THE WAR DENOUNCED. Northampton. Wednesday CHIXA. Speaking to-night at a meeting of his constituents in Northampton, Mr condemned the orig n and conduct of the war in the Transvaal. said the British people were beginning ...

... LOCAL CASUALTIES. lioiidon, Tuesday, The War Office to-night issued the following : —• Ist Leinster Regiment—s26o Private ±l. Kerrigan died Standerton, tamo not stated, February 27. 2nd Royal Irish Rifles—l 327 Private F. McCrudden, died from meningitis ...

... pother, it appeals, arose from the War Office not 'having notified the Pay Department of the officer’s temporary transfer to another regiment. Still, if the War Office cannot remember whether a regiment is South Africa or in England it would too much to ...

... (From our Correspondent). London, Monday. Some months ago I mentioned on good authority that the plague was raging badly South Africa. It was denied the authorities the time, but now they have been forced to admit that the plague exists in a virulent form ...

... Viscount’s account of the conversation was absolutely comet, but had no recollection that when the prospect of war between Eng; land and South Africa became imminent the then Commander-in-Chief came to him and said, Ladysmith is a dangerous place for y oU ...

... Friday. HOME RAILWAYS WEAK. The tone on the Stock Exchange to-day was generally depressed at opening, the news four South Africa, d6ar money impending, new issues of L. C. C, and local loans stock and weakness of Wall street all exerting an adverse influence ...

... country- tion with the war, he declared 1 land attempted to govern the .. Republic and the Grange Free jjo* colonies, she would lose South A s, cessarily to-day. Tho Cape loyal, are nmv heart and soul , b® The English in South Africa ' 1 ,,,j. opinion, equally ...