SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY) WILL BB PUBLISHED, The » CONTINGENT NUMBER " Of the "WEEKLY PRESS," Containing, among many others, the following ILLUSTRATIONS. MEMORIES OP THE TRANSVAAL: The Famous Amajuba Hill, known as Majuba Hill, with Groves .of ....... British Soldiers. Majuba Hill and the Railway. Jameson's List Stand. "Dr. Jim." INSPECTION OP A TRANSVAAL "COMMANDO" BY THE COMMANDANT. GENERAL SIR REDVERS BTJLLER ON HIS FAVOURITE CHARGER "THE GAMBLER." MR CONYNGHAM GREENE, C.8., BRITISH AGENT IN THE TRANSVAAL. DEPARTURE OF THE OTAGO CONTINGENT: Farewell at the Dunedin. Railway Station. VIEW OF THE , WAIWERA'S DECK, SHOWING HORSE BOXES. A NEARER Vil-JVV OP THE HORSE BOXES. TWO VIEWS OP THE MEN'S SLEEPING QUARTERS ON THE LOWER DECK, SHOWING THEIR BUNKS. THE CAMP AT KARORI: Two Views of the Camp. The Contingent going out for Mounted Drill. Crossing « Stream. Watering the Horses. Giving Out Hay. The Stables. THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE CONTINGENT. PUBLIC OPINION AT THE CAPE: TWO CARTOONS—"WiII-o'-the-Wisp," and "A Troublesome Patient." PIONEERING IN SOUTH AFRICA. "FOR QUEEN AND EMPIRE." RBPRBSENTATIVBS OF THE ELLES- ' MERE MOUNTED RIFLES. GUARD RETURNING FROM WAIWERA TO CAMP. MARCHING FROM THE CAMP TO SHIP THE HORSES. THE HORSES' COMFORTABLE QUARTERS IN THE 'TWEEN DECKS: Showing Arrangement of Sheepskins as Padding. • THE CONTINGENT RIBBON. CAMP SCENES: Our Soldiers' Favourite Recreation. Striking Camp. The Wairoa Rifles. A Representative from Southland. THE MEN" WHO LOADED THE WAIWEEA. A LOAD OF MATTRESSES. COALING THE WAIWERA. " THE WAIWERA'S EQUINE FREIGHT. An Unwilling Passenger. Going Aloft. Lord Ranfurly and Lady Constance Knox were Interested Observers. Mixing * Ration. The Horse* take their First Feed Kindly. His Excellency Leaving the Bhip. ON THE MARCH: The Troops in Lambton Quay. ARRIVAL ON THE WHARF. THE TRUMPETERS. A SNAPSHOT ON THE MARCH, SHOWING THE MARCHING KIT. 1 HALT AT THE GANGWAY: The Final Leave-taking. "GOOD LUCK TO OUR CONTINGENT." Etc., Etc., Etc. The "WEEKLY PRESS," with the aboye Pictures and many others not enumerated, will give the Public an opportunity of seeing for themselves the departure of the Contingent just as if they 'had been in Wellington, and at the «ame time will prove ▲ UNIQUE MEMENTO Of one of the MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN NSW ZEALAND'S HISTORY, The departure of her Volunteer Soldier* for Service in Foreign War. THE "WEEKLY PRESS" CONTINGENT NUMBER, WITH 13 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS, Will be PUBLISHED TO-MORROW. PRICE** I
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10484, 24 October 1899, Page 4
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