PARLIAMENT AND THE WAR.
QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS
LONDON, February 23
Tn the House of Commons, replying to questions, Mr Chamberlain said he entirely approved of Sir A. Milner's confidentially ■ inquiring from Lord Hopetoun as 1o the prospects of recruiting for General Baden-Powell's constabulary in Australia and New Zealand. ' Mr Chamberlain detailed the replies of the various colonies. Lord Cranborne, tinder-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, informed a. questioner that the Kaiser had made no offer to ai-bitrate between England and t-he Transvaal. Sir M. Hicks-Beach said the cost of the South African war so far had been est.MJO.OOO. It was now costing £1,000.000 to £ 1,230,000 weekly.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 47, 25 February 1901, Page 5
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