A NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1754, 30 September 1899, Page 4

A NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

In the Houee of Representatives on t Thursday the Premier moved that a contingent of mounted rifles be offered to the Imperial Government for service in the Transvaal, and that in the - eveot of the offer being accepted the Government bo empowered, after the selection by the Commandant, of the Forces, to provide, equip, and despatch the force. The Premier said i he moved the motion with a great ', sense of responsibility, as the House i was called to provide heavy expendif ture, while some of the men who might go to the Transvaal might never return. The men would have e to provide their ow„ horses, but 3 would he paid according to scal« in 0 tbe volunteer regulation?, and their ii passages paid. The cost was estimated at £50 per day. and would „ probably mean a total expenditure of , ,420,000. Tf an offer was to be made 1 tbe work should be done well, and ■> the cost should be entirely borne by 8 tho colony. If the House thought a the men should be insured the Gov- ', emment were prepared to do sd. The K men to be selected would be of ages i t ranging from 23 to 30.— Captain Russ sell seconded, and the motion waa t carried by 51 to 5. The result wcs received by tbe House singing the ■ National Anthem.