THE MEN ON THE ORIENT.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10869, 19 January 1901, Page 8

THE MEN ON THE ORIENT.

(SI'KCIAL TO "THE i'RESS.") DUNEDIN, January 18. It is reckoned in shipping circles that the Orient will not arrive off Otago Heads until Tuesday afternoon, in which event the reception of the troopers will take place on Wednesday. Offers of horses for the use of the returning Contingent came in freely during to-day, and promises of twenty-three from Evansdale, and forty from Waikouaiti, were received by the "Mayor. The tickets for the social at'which the returning troopsrs are to be entertained in the Agricultural Hall on the night of the arrival of the Orient, are in great demand. The presence of his Excellency the Governor, and the Premier, at the ceremony, will add greatly to its attractiveness, and give distinction to the gathering. Altogether the function promises to be most successful, and to fitly close what will prove to be a red letter day in Dunedin. WELLINGTON, January 18. A cable message has- baen received by the Deputy-Governor, stating that in accordance with the request" made by the Admiral on the Australian station he has given instructions that the Mildura, now at Akaroa, should be at Port Chalmers when the Orient arrives with the returned New Zealand troops. -

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GISBORNE, January 18. News has just been received that Henry Kirkman, the first man to leave this district for the war, and who joined Roberts's Horse, lias died of enteric at Bloemfontein in April lasfc. He resigned a position as native schoolmaster to go to South Africa. WELLINGTON, January 18. Private advices have been received that Trooper T. Martin died of enteric at Pretoria on the 4th instant.