New-York tribune., 1902-06-14
PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
R1rPcHERs AND CoLONIsTs ARE RE-
TURNING TO THE TRANsVAAL AND
ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

ORANGE RIVER COLONf
The return of colonists and others to the Trans
vaal and Orange River Colony which mas peen
going on intermittently for the last eishteeh
months. is being considerably ao0el'i'
says The London Mall
Besides the ordinary nightly mail. many speciaA
trains are being dispatched crammed 10 overno"-
ing with miners and their wives and famiiieS' ana
men who have fought during the war IN some one
of the numer rs irregular corps
The Limited Mall train which leaves cape
Town at $50 p. m. every Thursday. running Ia
extra quick time to johannesburg. has been Iateiy
restarted, thus providing further means OF trans
port This train brings down the English man
In time to catch the boat the following "Wednesday
Colonists have an opportunity of registering thef
names with the refugee committee, and upon doing
so they are handed a card, which proves very use
full when their turn comes to go up ApphcallohS
are placed before committee. and IL they are
satisfied with them they recommend that the per-
mits be granted. AS the number TO be ISSUED Is
firmly restricted to 4 certain limit each week, II
may be months before the longed for notification
is received. The permit has TO be taken up WITH
in month of the date Of issue. so its recipient
loses time in commencing preparations 1or an
early departure.
Until lust lately men formed the majority of
those privileged to return; women and children
were the exception. At the present time almost
the reverse obtains, and women and children are
leaving every night some accompanied by hus~
failias has already taken his northern flight and
wife and children going up to rejoin him and
restart what two years wandering has with
held from them-a home
There are very few fortunate enough to find their
house and it's contents intact. In many instances
the furniture has been wantonly destroyed. and
doors and floors broken up in every direction
With the certainty of the of furniture.
and the probable loss of all crockery and kitchen
utensils. the thoughtful housewives include in
Td r1k kE
with them in this respect. In johannesburg they
unobtanable except at exOrbitant prices. II is
that the coionfsts who have registered COM
mence to benefit. Not only they allowed
reduction of one-half of the railway fare, but for
each full ticket taken. Irrespective OF class 20
pounds of luggage is allowed free Under ord
first class 70 pounds second and only 30 pounds
third Any welTht in EXCESS Of the go pounds @ al
nesburg it. it IS , 2ss sd per 100 pounds; u,,r
prsed at the enoG nous amount Of luggage that
continually pot into the luggage room. Yet the
managed that the space nt the disposal of the pas
sengers luggage dspartment would be thought b6 m
This paucity of accommodation is most notice
leaves It Is at this time that the type of person
who is always late comes along: and as only one
last minutes are anxious TO the men responsible
for booking the luggage and dispatchlng 1t to the
glance into the luggage room IS instructive as
~E the eHtFa f@ fPSe aiiowanee n ggage wdisht What
are evidently the belongings of a family are just
being piled in from two horsed trolley There
are several trunks and packing cases, besides
chairs and bicycles. These. excepting the bicycles.
weighed, and. thanks 20 the extra allowance.
under the aggregate weight allowed free on
the tickets combined The woman who IS booking
it evidently feared to have any excess
regretfully looks back upon the numerous thingS
she might have carried up-fOr nothing. After
her comes another family woman with enough bag
gage for the requirements Of small theatrical
company. To her astonishment the excess
amounts to something between 8 and so -.
journey the permits have to he obtained, aud
signed by the recipients upon the backs OF both
take their tickets at the railway station being
allowed the reduction before mentioned on hand
plishcd berths be reserved at the station ma $
ters office If the passenger has preference FOR
the choice can be made. 1t is next advisable to
book the heavy luggage which IS 20 go in the van
thing viii b. finished until the evening.
There are only sets Of rails from the cape
I1Ia form mas to serve for both. trains
Dispatched from this platform NJ almost the same
easily he imagined. On the side stands the
train for the Orange River Colony and the Trans
step across the platform IS the Kimberley and
Buiawayo train, timed "a depart half an hour
At about o'clock the passengers begin to arrive.
and the porters are kept hard at work mastering
much in evidence on long journey routes. from the
conveyances that bring them 70 the passengers
compartments.
herths inserted in card holder on the side
they have chosen and Reserved boards are aisy
hung out from the windows with the diHeren'
names written upon them y hrst class eompdrt-
ment gives accommodation for tour passengers, an
extra berth being let down from over each seat
for sleeping From the window to half way down
the centre Of the compartment table i5 fixed hay-
commodatiou il good it we'll can be. In the
second 1t is similar: the chief difference
that berths provided for SIX instead OF four