THE BOER WAR.
MA JOB KOBIN,
AX UNFOUNDED ItEPORT.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day.
Col Penton has received a letter from Brigadier General Mahon in reference to ■strictures upon Col. Robin contained in a letter written by a Westland Trooper. Brigadier Mahon says the accusations in the trooper's letter astonished him. The New Zealand contingent under -Major Eobm has been serving with him for over three months, and a better lot of officers and men he would ixVer ask for. Major Robin has several times commanded his men. under fire under his (Brigadier Mahon's) observation, and has never given any cause for complaint. Brigadier Mahon has often expressed 10 Major llobin and his men his appreciation of the work they have done. Quito recently he selected Major Robin and .".OOof his men for very important duty, Letters such as the one sent by the West Coast trooper cannot, in Brigadier Mahon's opinion, hurt Major llobin, as he holds a very high character with the military authorities in South Africa.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 14, 17 January 1901, Page 2
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