THE BOER WAR

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 21, 25 January 1901, Page 5

THE BOER WAR

s I i RETURNED TROOPERS. jTHE ORIENT AT WELLINGTON. i «By Telegrapli.—Piesss Association.) * WELLINGTON, this day. ?i The Orient, with the. returned troopHers for Wellington district, arrived iiarly this morning-. Afterwards ihe Illoiis. Ward, Walker, .Mills and the ffMuyoil of Wellington went on board liand cordially welcomed the troopers, ■ who then landed without demonstra-itio-n. Tlvey were entertained at lungrheon at the Drill Shed, but (he pro|('(.'(.'dings were formal and quiet. i 1 TIMAItU, Thursday, j 1 A dense crowd assembled at the sta-j ftion to greet the returning1 troopers,! |and but for the Imperial mourning'! at hey would have hud an enthusiastic!] land* vociferous reception. The Tima-j jfru men were provided with a drag1 and: lan escort of mounted rifles. The? jgMuyor briefly welcomed them, and; Spromised a more demonstrative wel-j Iconic later. Mr Ji. Howie, father of! ■Trumpeter Bowie, entertains "thes ITinniru troopers and their relatives," |this evening. I CHItISTCHUUCH, Thursday, ■a Troopers Itiddell, Peebles, and Cur|iin, of Tarsnaki, who returned to] |Dimedin by the Orient, came to xChriKtchurcli by the express train to-j Jnight. and went on to Wellington by] |lthe Uotomahana. Nurses Teape andj JfPeter, and Trooper T. D. Baker, of thei I! Imperial Transport Corps, and, aTrooper Hughes, of the Third Contingent, also came by train. They were Sfniet at the station by the .Mayor, ColoIj"ei Gordon, and several volunteer frjoliicers. U _ ,