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LORD KITCHENER'S OFFICES.
LORD KITCHENER'S OFFICES. MINES RESTARTED. Saturday. A proclamation has been issued notifying Lord Kitchener's assumption of the offices of High Com- missioner and Administrator of the Transvaal and the Orange Colonies. Johannesburg is beginning to resume its normal condition. Most of the stores have been re-opened, and on Monday last the Robinson and Treasury Mines were officially restarted, while four other mines are almost ready to resume work.
RE-APPEARANCE OF BOERS. I
RE-APPEARANCE OF BOERS. TOWN GUARD IN TRENCHES. The Boers, who have again appeared in the Bedford part of the Colony, have been beaten off by the Bedford and Beaufort District mounted troops. The Bedford men came in touch with the enemy near the town on Tuesday, and drove them off. The Town Guard has been in the trenches since Saturday. Business is altogether suspended. It is reported that the Boers are in a tight corner, as there are no serviceable horses left on the farms.
COMMANDO ATTACKED.
COMMANDO ATTACKED. KRUPP GUN FOUND A commando, presumed to be one which has long been engaged in lifting stock in the neighbourhood of Pretoria, has been attacked. The Boers lost 27 men captured, one killed, and one wounded. Lord Methueii reports from Buisfontein that he has recaptured from the Boers a gun belonging to the 0 Battery, captured at Killicat's Nek. Four Boers were killed and seven taken prisoners. Acting on information received from the Intelli- gence Officer at Klerksdorp, General Babington has unearthed a Krupp and nine rounds of ammunition.
183 BOERS SURRENDER.
183 BOERS SURRENDER. FURTHER LARGE CAPTURES. Monday. Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that between Tuesday and Friday the columns engaged in the operations in the Transvaal killed 28 Boers, wounded six, and captured 130, and that 183 of the enemy surrendered. The capture also included 9 000 rounds of small.&rm ammunition, -230 'aggons, 1,500 horses, and large quantities of grain and stock.
BOERS AND HEAVY GUNS.
BOERS AND HEAVY GUNS. DOINGS OF THE COMMANDANTS. A Standerton telegram states that the Boers in that district still possess some heavy guns. Colonel Bindloss, whose column is marching northwards has met with some resistance, the Boers opening fire upon his force at long range. Commandant General Botha is believed to be at Carolina, and it is stated that he has thrown up entrenchments there Commandants Delarey and Viljoen are said to have joined forces, their strength being now esti- mated at 2,000 men. There have been one or two small skirmishes with the commandos still in Cape Colony, but nothing of a decisive character.
SUCCESS BY GRENFELL.
SUCCESS BY GRENFELL. MORE SURRENDERS AND CAPTURES. Tuesday. The War Office yesterday issued a despatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria on Sunday evening. It states that General Grenfell had occupied Louis Trichart, capturing 50 of the enemy with rifles The columns had reported since the wteWram eight Boers killed, 20 wounded, two prisoners, and 24 surrenders; also the following captures-one machine gun, some ammunition, 150 waggons, and 870 horses.
SITUATION IN CAPE COLONY.
SITUATION IN CAPE COLONY. TOTAL BOER PRISONERS. According to official news, there is no material change in the situation in Cape Colony. Fouchee commands the main body, which is reported to be SS) Srona, but they are closely pursued by Colonel 1<&■>»• The total number of Boer prisoners is given as 18,341.
SURRENDERS INCREASING.
SURRENDERS INCREASING. 4,000 REFUGEES. Wednesday. According to unofficial telegrams from Pretoria number of surrenders among the Boers is fncreasSg rapidly. The coming of the winter season will, it is thought, cause still larger numbers r fVinaA now on commando to come in. Four thousand Boer refugees are now housed in the ref ugee camp near Bloemfontein at the Imperial Government's expense.
LOCAL CASUALTIES.
LOCAL CASUALTIES. REJOINED. 4177 geret W Pearce, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, repSd mttag n«r P^rdebnrg, April 29, !,■» rej Court of Inquiry states that the following reported missing was killed in action 2nd South Wales Borderers- 6072 Pte H R Sysum, near Krugersdorp, December 14. J DEATH. 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers-5515 Pte J Abbott, enteric, Johannesburg, May 9. DANGEROUSLY ILL. 2nd South Wales Borderers-1861 Sergt H Jones, en'eric, Howick May 11. 2nd Shropshire Light Infantry-- 5734 Pte rf Edwards, dysentery, Pretoria, May 10. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. "Welsh Fusiliers— Gentleman Cadet J D tS from the Royal Military College, to be S6Thed South'"wales Borderers. — Lieut H G C Fowler, from 3rd Batt the Highland Light Infantry t0The^ Royal^imiskilHng Fusiliera-Lieut A M Forteatb, from 4th Batt the South Wales Borderers, to be Second Lieutenant. The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)—Tem- r. porary Lieut B Head (Lieut 2nd Volunteer Batt) is granted the temporary rank of Capt in the army whilst serving with the Votuuteer Company in South Africa.
W ARI ITEMS.
W ARI ITEMS. The detachment of Carnarvonshire Volunteers who have been serving in South Africa were on Saturday accorded a publicreception on detraining at Carnarvon. They were received at the railway station by the Rifle Volunteers, and each of them was presented by the Lord Lieutenant with a silver matchbox, the outcome of ra public subscription. They were then entertained at dinner in the pavilion. The Hawarden contingent of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Royal Weliih Fusiliers, who returned home on Saturday from South Africa, had an en. thusiastic reception. They were escorted by three bands to the Parish Church, where the Rev S E Gladstone, the rector, conducted a thanksgiving service. Mrs S E Gladstone, on behalf of the in- habitants, presented each of the returned Volun. teers with a suitably inscribed half-hunter watch as a mark of appreciation of their services.
BOERS AND COMPENSATION.
BOERS AND COMPENSATION. A NATAL OPINION. The following opinion of an Englishman, forty years a resident in Natal, on the above question will be found of interest:—"As to compensation The Government refused to consider indirect losses, and, I think, rightly. They would be difficult to estimate, and would open the door to all sorts of cheating. As it is, some people I know, since they got compensation, appear to be better off than ever they were in their lives. Besides we ought to be content to suffer some loss as well as others. I see rumours in the papers about the intention of the Government, after the war, to assist the Boers to start again. This I consider unjust, and will be sure to create great discontent among the Loyalists who were expelled from the Transvaal by the Boers, and who are not to be compensated, though in many cases they have lost their all. Why should not the Boers, like anyone else, be left to suffer the con- sequences of their own actions, especially as they avowedly prolong the war to put the British Government to as much expense and trouble as possible ? Fancy the feelings of a Johannesburger who goes back to find his house a wreck, furniture and woodwork chopped up for fires by the Boer family who had occupied it during his absence. He gets nothing but the Boer gets a comfortable sum to start him. In my opinion, the only terms that ought to be offered are unconditional surrender. Anything short of that will produce endless trouble in the future. No matter how generously the terms are carried out, they will never be satisfied, but will accuse you of bad faith. Besides, they will consider the terms have been extorted from your fears and the impossibility of conquering them. Give them strict justice and you may have peace, but they are incapable of appreciating generosity from the British Government. However, perhaps the British taxpayer may have something to say to thilil.-April 4, 1901."
ICHINESE CRISIS.
CHINESE CRISIS. A REACTIONARY PARTY. FEARS FOR THE EMPEROR. SATURDAY. According to trustworthy news from other sources in Si-ngan-fu, Li-lien-veng, the Empress- Dowager's favourice Eunuch, is now at the head of a strong Reactionary Party. This includes the Grand Chancellor, Lu-chuan-lin, and Yung lu, who are both at Si-ngan-fu; and outside, Prince Tuan, General Tung-fu-hsiang, and several high provincial officials. It is feared that the intention of the Reactionary Party is to make away with the Emperor, and, ultimately to substitute Prince Tuan's son for the Heir Apparent. INDIAN TROOPS REDUCED. It has been arranged that the 1st Bengal Cavalry and the siege train at Hong-Kong, the 28ih Madras Infantry, and the Sappers and Miners whoj are at Wei-Hai-Wei, and the 1st Madras Infantry, who are at Tien-tsin, shall return to India directly. Further reductions in the Indian troops with the China Field Force will follow gradually.
AMERICANS AND PEKIN.
AMERICANS AND PEKIN. PARTIAL EVACUATION. Monday. The American troops have evacuated ( hose dis- tricts of Pekin over which they had control, with the exception of the Forbidden City. It is under- stood at the State Department at Washington that the Americans remaining in the Forbidden City will form a permanent Legation guard.
THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.
THE INDEMNITY QUESTION. CHINESE PROPOSALS. Tuesday. In the draft of the Chinese Reply to the Joint Note about the indemnity, the Chinese Government propose to pay the four hundred and fifty million taels demanded in thirty equal yearly instalments of fifteen million taelq each. This is to oe derived from the salt revenue, the native Cnstoms, and the likin. Permission to increase the Customs Tariff is sought.
POWERS' DEMANDS ACCEPTED.
POWERS' DEMANDS ACCEPTED. A BERLIN REPORT. IT Wednesday. A despatch has been received at Berlin from Pekin stating that China has accepted the demand of the Powers for an indemnity of 450.000,000 taels, to be paid in 30 yearly instalments, beginning in July, 1902. —
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PERSONAL.
PERSONAL. Mr Charles J Davies, M.A., wa.s unavoidably prevented by illness from attending the Memorial Service for the late Mr Stanley Leighton, at St Margaret's, Westminster, on behalf of the London Welsh Committee for the Defence of the Church in Wales, in which organisation the deceased had taken a most sympathetic and active interest. The Governing Body of Westminsterr School have appointed Dr. James Gow to the head-master- ship, in the room of the Rev Dr. W Gunion Ruther- ford' who retires at the end of the present term. Dr Gow is at present head-master of Nottingham High School, the numbers of which since he was elected to that post in 1885 have been doubled. The post of organist and music-master at Harrow School, vacant owing to the retirement of Dr Eaton Faning, has been accepted by Dr Percy Carter Buck. Dr Buck was organist of Wells Cathedral, 1898-9, and since 1899 has been organist of Bristol Cathedral. The Duke of Connaught will be installed as Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasons at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday, July 17. Lord Grimthorpp, who is now very rarely seen in the House of Lords, completed his eighty-fifth year on Sunday. According to reports from Hamburg, in the Taunus Mountains, the King is expected there about the end of this month, and will stay some weeks in the Royal Palace. The Queen, accompanied by Miss Knollys, at- tended service at Sandringham Church on Sunday morniag. Princess Victoria, though she did not accompany her mother, has recovered from her attack of influenza, and took exercise in the Park on Saturday. The residents of Boston, United States, and suburbs, who are natives of Great Britain or British Colonies, are preparing to erect a building in Bos- ton as a memorial to Queen Victoria. The building, which is to cost between one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and two hundred and fifty thous- and dollars, will be used as a meeting place for societies of British affiliation. At the Privy Council held on Monday by the King, Dr Winnington-lngram, the new Bishop of London, was sworn a member of the Council. Mr Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, was appointed a member of his Majesty's Privy Council. The King approved the appointment of Sir J Williams, Bart, as a member of the General Medical Council. The King has been pleased, upon the recommen. datioii of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to confer a Companionship of the Order of St Michael and St George upon Mr James Watts, in recognition of his conspicuous bravery in carrying despatches through the Chinese lines from Tien- tsin to Taku on the 19th of June last The Kiug has conferred upon Mr John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) the honorary title of harpist to his Majesty. In view of the references to Royalty in Mr Andrew Carnegie's book, Triumphant Democracy," the Quebec Literal and Historical Society li-is declined to receive any financial aid from that gentleman. At Cardiff, on Saturday, a presentation, consist- ing of a diamond tiara and scroll containing the names of the subscribers, who numbered fifteen hundred, was made to Lady Eva Wyndham-Quin, in recognition of her services in promoting the candidature and return for South Glamorganshire of her husband, Major Wynham-Quin, who was at the time on active service in South Africa. + —
ABERYSTWYTH COLLEGE.
ABERYSTWYTH COLLEGE. SUCCESSES OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS. At the examination for the National Diploma in Agriculture recently held at Leeds by the conjoint Agricultural Examination Board of England and Scotland, this College has this year again figured at the head of the list in the number of successes. Mr Simon Blore (a Staffs scholar) was placed fourth on the list in the final examination, while Messrs Abel E Jones (a College exhibitioner), D A Lees (a Warwick scholar), and Ernest Pyall (a Staffs scholar) were all successful in passing Division I of the same examination, thus making a total of seven for this College in two years. Mr John Roberts, Towyn, student assistant in the Agricultural Department during the winter, has also been successful in passing the examination for the Fellowship of the Surveyor's Institution held in March, which is the highest possible qualification for land agency.
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THE ROYAL T O U B •
THE ROYAL T O U B • FEDERAL PARLIAMENT OPENEP- HISTORIC CEREMONY. The first Federal Parliament of Australia WO opened in Melbourne on Thursday by the Duke of Cornwall and York. There was a great concouroo of people present in the Exhibition Building, WhOl" the ceremony took place, and the proceedings were accompanied by the utmost enthusiasm. TbO procedure observed in the Imperial Parliament was closely adhered to, Black Rod summoning the House of Representatives and other being observed. In declaring the open the Duke made a speech in which he re, ferred to the wish of Queen Victoria that should visit Australia, and mentioned tb* the Royal Commission to open the Fede1"9, Parliament was signed before her death. AfteJ paying a tribute to the generons aid which h» been rendered by the colonies in the war an China, the Duke expressed the King's interest 10 the Australian people and his earnest prayer tb8 the union so happily achieved might prove instrument for the further advancement welfare of his Australian subjects and the c solidation of the Empire, He also read th0 following telegram from the King thoughts are with you on this august sion. I wish the Commonwealth of every happiness and prosperity." Both Hou*es 0 Parliament met in the afternoon, when Sir Ri°'r Baker was elected President of the Senate, F W Holder Seeaker of the House of Represent^ tives. The new President and Speaker were aft,r- wards received by the Governor General, who municated a telegram of congratulation and wishes to the new Parliament of the Commonw th from the Imperial Government, which had not be'o received in time for the opening ceremony. DUKE AND DEGREE. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Melbourne on Saturday, witnessed a parade of 20,000 representatives of trades and friend societies. They next drove to the University' where the degree of Doctor of Laws was upon the Duke, who was enthusiastically In the afternoon the Duke and Duchess were sent at a children's fete, aad in the evening tb'7 attended a reception at Government House, wber they witnessed a tattoo at night. On Sunday eve! ing they entertained the principal British, Colooi* > and Foreign Officers at dinner on board the Ophlr. VISIT TO BALLARAT. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and yorJr, accompanied by Lord and Lady Hopetoun, cø Monday morning proceeded by train from Mel. bourne to Ballarat, where they were outbalaticolly greeted by crowds of people, among whom many Volunteers in khaki. The Duke laid foundation stone of a. monument to be ereoted the soldiers from Ballarat who fell in the BOut' African war. At the festivities in honour of visit, seven hundred children sang the Anthem, and in front of the City Hall group of a thousand children sang a hymn of come. A new square was named by the Alexandra square, after which a visit was paidP gold mine. Their Royal Hignesses returned Melbourne in the evening. Printed and Published by David Rowlands, ø. 21, Berriew Street, Welshpool, in the GouV&y of Montgomery, and Rock View, Towyn, 'n County of Merioneth. — Thursday, May 1^ 1901. j