THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

Auckland Star, Issue 311, 31 December 1900, Page 5

THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

The list of Auckland applicants for the Sixth Contingent for service in South "Africa totals about names. Of these, however, a large number will be weeded out in a day or two, when the medical examinations and ,|noofc in°- and riding tests are concluded. A considerable number of the men have already undergone their, shooting and riding tests, and the majority of them shape satisfactorily. On Saturday afternoon ana again this morning Lieut.-Colonel Banks, officer commanding the district," and his st^ff were busily engaged in pitting the volunteers through'their tests' in horsemanship and in shooting. The Colonel' was on Saturday afternoon by Lieut. Bosworth, recently invalided back from South Africa. The lumping tests, although easy, proved too much for some of the riders, but most of those put through on Satur-

Th I considered to be likely men. kS^mi-i g *b1>11t.45 more canSrSLPZ attuiisai°n to the ranks of Brilll-Sn J Con*i 1 1l§ ent <?ame up at the Were t } *? V wdin * lamination. They teii ,n C on the STo«ld at the wcsin rid n 6 ott}^^M- About 17 failed Srfs Sft the reSt gOt throU °hrttn I dj:temoon two batches of ap-£S-rTfl^ ere taken UP to the Mouit .afle Range to undergo tbemarksSS P-' te&t- They w«e put through 11ns evening all the candidates will iV^tt* 0 be in » .."at, the grill Hall for medical examination. Surgeoii-Ca-pthin Walker and a Board ot ei ght medical officers will conduct we-physical examination, which will oe on the same lines as the medical tests undergone by members of th« previous contingents. + .Ne\vs from Coromandel states that tiiree young Maoris of an excellent stamp as regards activity and intelligence have volunteered"for the Sixth Vontmgent, Two Europeans, jncludiiig- a brother of Trooper Phair, of 1 Upitonui, now at the front, have also volunteered. THE PORT OF DEPARTURE. Worship the Mayor (Mr D. GoWie) has sent the following, cable to the Premier in Sydney: "Strong feeling here that this should be the port of departure for the Sixth Contingent. Will you accede to the wishes of the citizens in this matter?" - ,