London vid Bombay, 19th March.
General Bruce Hamilton his surprised and captured General Cherry Emmett, Louis Botha's brother-in-law.—Reuter.
20th March.
General De Wet and ex-President Steyn are now in the Hoopstad district, west of the main railway—Reuter.
21st March In response to a request from Mr, Chamberlain, Australia intends to dispatch two thousand Federal troops to South Africa,—Rewter, 24th March.
Reuter's agent at Pretoria telegraphs that the members of the so-called Transvaal government, Messrs. Schalk Burger, Reitz, Meyer, Krogh, and Vanderwalt, had arrived at Pretoria by a special train from Middleburg under a flag of truce.
The papers take it for granted that they are on a peace mission.—Rewder.
26th March, The delegates of the ex-government of the Transvaal, Messrs. Schalk Burger, Reitz, Meyer, Krogh, and Van lervalt, after an interview with Lord Kitchener, have proceeded south under a safe-conduct to see ex-President Steyn.—Reuter.
Later.
Consols advanced on the announcement of the Boer mission, and there is a hopeful feeling in p: mentary citoles in reference to the
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