... ta-ken their posit ilo in South Africa should 'be imniiediately withdrawn- I (renewevd laughter)-and it required a-u answer in forty-eight hours-(cries of Got it )-under a f threat oi war (Lau'iter.) A smdal State in Africa sendimu that message to the Queen ...

... to the war. CABLE COMMUNICATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA. The Central ?? ?? Telegraph Construa tion and M-ai nten ance Company will not be in a | position to despatoll the completing section of the third cable connecting Great Britain with South a Africa until ...

... subject of the Queen-the war in South Africa. Now, he thiought when a great Christioat nation undertook a great war at was a matter of supreme importance that tha, nation should be perfectly certain in its own mind that the war it under- took was just ...

... ptatiotic military enterprise, which ad mirably seconds the War Office proposal to inauguratea & new fighting -force to 'be appro- priately named The Imperial Yeomanry. The appteal od the War Minister to the undoubted pa- triatisn of thes Yeoxnw.y saud ...

... to leave for South Africa as soon as they can be got ready for active service. Yesterday the 19th Field RE. Artillery sta- tioned at Exeter received orders to prepare to leave for South Africa. The battery will be brought' up to -war strength, and then ...

... to the Traoavaal 'by way o-f Dela~gos- Bay. ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE WAR OFFICE.t The Prqss'Assdciaticn ?? after seven I o'clock ye~sterday, evening the following notice wa:, I potda th War Office on the board provided 'or1 annouxicemfents rrekting to the ...

... and little child are left to mourn his loss. The following was issued from the War Office yesterday afternoon :-From the general at Cape- town to the Secretary of State for War:- Capetow~Nn, December 6-Details of the sortie Lfrom Kimberley, November 28. ...

... lack of an explosive agent. WAR TELEGRAMS AND INQUIRIES. In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. WYNDHAM, in reply to Sir Howard Vin- cent; said arrangements had been made under which important information from the seat of war will bonimmediately notified ...

... the 19th, and proceeded; all ?? order of i the Secretary for War. Up to nine o'clock last night ±o further news of moment had reached the War Office or Colonial Office in reference zo the war in South Afr'ca. JOHANNESBURG DESERTED. HOTJSE-TO-HOUSE COM ...

... formed and armed with Mauser rifles three weeks before war broke out, and when the British Go- vernment was still negotiating and hoping for a peaceful settlement. I uto otnett ot ~ra h ues WHEN THE WAR IS ENDED. PROBABLE CLADLS BY NATAL. The Central News ...

... Boers NO LATE NEWS AT THE WAR OFFICE. The Press Association ays at a 'ate hour yes-er- day evening some ...

... SPECIAL. C.arowxVN, OcToBER 12.-Although there is no attempt to underrate the gravity of the war which has now broken out between the two white races in South Africa, a feeling of intense relief is gene- rally apparent at the termination of the long period ...