§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has information regarding the alleged murder of a British Officer or Trooper by Boers, near Blauwberg, in the Transvaal, on 4th January, about which an Inquiry was promised?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThere is very little doubt that the incident has been exaggerated, but I have no positive and absolute information. At present the matter is still under investigation. There is some difficulty in identifying the person who is reported to have been murdered, and I have been trying to get the names of the persons who are said to have witnessed the incident.