HUNTER RAPIDLY COMPLETING RAILWAY COMMUNICATION. (Received May 26, 8.55 a.m.) London, May 25. Hunter will open the Vryburg-Mafeking line within a we^k. Trains are already running between Mafeking and Buluwayo. Enteric fever is raging at Vryburg. Many deaths have occurred.
THE MAFEKING DEFENDERS.
BADEN-POWELL HAS A PARTING SHOT. * London, May 25. General Baden-Powell, allowing his v , garrison to have a last parting Bhot at Sr the retreating enemy, utilised the relief column and reserves as a support. A Mafeking correspondent remarks a- that the Queensland Bushmen are fine soldiers, tough in marching, and strong fighters. " They treated the shells as jokes. When they learn to take better cover they will become as good a corps as any.
A REMARKABLE SWING ROUND. New York, May 25. ■ The American pro-Boer newspapers acquiesce in President McKinley's pro nouncement.
TO AID THE WOUNDED.
A FASHIONABLE BAZAAR. London, May 25. A bazaar in aid of the wounded is being held at Kensington. Members of the Royal family and the aristocracy acted as stall holders. The Kaiser sent a splendid contribution of porcelain. The sum of £20,000 sterling was taken on the first day.
:- ADVENTURES OF AN AUSTRALIAN.
(Received May 26, 9.45 a.m.) Sydney, May 26. ' The Governor has received a cable message stating that Trooper Evins, of the First Australian Horse, missing at Slingers^ fontein in January, escaped from Pretoria, and was picked up by the British troops at Lobatsi.
INVALIDED NEW ZEALANDERS.
