THE "WHITE-LIVERED CURS" INCIDENT.
STORY OF RETURNED TROOPERS. , 1 (Received December 17th, 9.58 a.m.) ADELAIDE, December 17. Troopers Steele, Richards, Parry, members of the Victorian Fifth Contingent who were sentenced to death for mutiny at Middleburg, but subsequently released, have arrived 'by the; Oroya. Steele, in an interview, stated -that the trouble arose through their not being allowed to go to the assistance of comrades who were being attacked thy the Boers. News of the disaster reached them at midnight, and they were ordered to go to their assistance at once, but Brigadier-General Beatson kept them standing to their horses till daylight in the morning. He was frightened to move lest he should be surprised. When they did arrive they found twenty-two of their comrades killed and forty-three wounded. Some days after the incident wiherein General Beatson called the Victorians "white-livered curs , ' he ordered them to march. Right through the ranks there ■ was a determination not to go with him again, and what was virtually a refusal of orders took place. A. lancecorporal advised the men not to mutiny or. they would be shot. Steele remarked that they would be better shot than following one who called them "white-livered curs." Australia would think more of them if they threw down their anna. This led to. .Steele's arrest. Parry and Richards had been previously arrested for trying to get the men to mutiny. KEEPING OUT UNDESIRABLE : PERSONS. MELBOURNE, December 17. ! Mr Barton has received a communication from the Imperial Government asking, , for the assistance of the Commonwealth in preventing the immigration to South Africa of dangerous and undesirable persona by the appointment of. an officer in each State to issue permits to those considered fit. Mr Barton is taking steps to enforce the request. '. I CONVALESCENT NEW ZEALANDER. i .(Received December 18th, 12.52 a.m.) LONDON, December 17. , Lieutenant W. (Longan, of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, is convalescent, and has resumed duty.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11151, 18 December 1901, Page 7
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