THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.
SYDNEY, October 19. The debate on the question of the Transvaal oont_rrge_»t waa adjourned. Later. The Council agreed to despatch troops. The House is still debating the question. MELBOURNE, October 19. The contingent has been served, for practising, with the new .303 Martini-Enfield rifle. HOBART, October 19. The offer of 80 infantry for the Transvaal has been accepted. BRISBANE, October 19. In the Assembly the Transvaal resolution was carried on the voices. The steamer Cornwall has been chartered to convey the troops to South Africa. She leaves on the 28th.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10481, 20 October 1899, Page 5
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