BRITAIN'S NEW EFFORTS.
EMBARKATION OF THE LONDON VOLUNTEERS. AN ENTHUSIASTIC FAREWELL. LONDON, 13th January. Prior to their departure for the Cape five hundred of the volunteers raised by the Lord Mayor of London were accorded the Freedom of the City at the Guildhall. They attended a service at St. ' Paul's Cathedral and a Benchers' sup- ; per at the Inner Temple. The men were carried shoulder high through the streets by crowds of people, and the Prince of Wales sent a message of God-speed. The contingent sailed to-day. LOinDON-. 14th January. The streets were packed at dawn by people wishing to see the volunteers depart. The windows of all the houses along the railway line to Southampton were dressed with Union Jacks. The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs, of the City took farewell of the men aboard the transports. MELBOURNE, 14th January. Lord Brassey has cabled £1000 towwards defraying the cost of the Yeomanry Corps bow being organised in England by his eon, the Hon. T. A. Brassey. (Received January 15, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 14th January. The Earl of .Dontoughmore has raised a corps of mounted gentlemen for active service, the members providing themselves with horses and equipments. [Lord Donoughmore is tlije father of Sir Walter Hely-Hutchison, Governor of Natal.]
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Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 12, 15 January 1900, Page 5
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