THE TRANSVAAL WINTER.
WARM CLOTHES. •It is to be hoped that as (speaking generally) Australians and New Zealanders have Only the vaguest idea of what a cold day signifies, they may \aot -forget to supply thetir 'troiops (with suitable clothing wherewith to tface the Transvaal winter. Life isn't 81l beer and skittles for our troops in South Africa at present, but if •tlhey have to face the altitudes antl Ibitter, dry, cold of the Upper Veldt improperly clad serious mischief will; certainly result. 1 heard a S.A. doctor : say the' other day that if eonsump- ': *tives were able to survive one winter > in the Transvaal they generally recovered altogether. The method Is, or j course, the "cold cure" in vogue in , the Swiss Engadine, minus luxuries' or comforts during the initial winter ! your lungs are getting hardened. I i fear South Australian, Victorian and ; New South Wales troops especially may feel the transition from sun in tfaytime to bitter cold at night very (trying. ;
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 64, 16 March 1900, Page 2
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