The Transvaal WAR.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, VERY LIKELY. LONDON, January 29. Tiie Boers report that a shell wounded Dr Jameson in the leg at Ladysmith. THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHMEN. SYDNEY, January 30, The first unit of the Bushmen’s Contingent has been sworn in. DISQUIETING MESSAGE FROM THE AGENT-GENERAL. WELLINGTON, January 30. The Agent-General cables, under date London, January 29, that the gravity of the position in South Africa is undoubted, THE APPEAL TO COLONISTS AT HOME. WELLINGTON, January 30. The Premier has received a cable from the Agent-General that the Hon. Richard Oliver has given £IOO to the New Zealand Rough Rider’s Fund. WELLINGTON NOTES. [Special io thh Stab.] WELLINGTON, January 30. Lady Douglas intends holding a carnival in Government House grounds in aid of tho fund to assist the New Zealanders injured in the war or persons dependent upon them. Tho Mayor’s Patriotic Fund amounts to nearly £5,700. The number of volunteers for the Third Contingent offering at Wanganui total over 250, of whom eighty have offered to provide their own horses.
The drillehed is crowded with hundreds of applicants desirous of enrolment in the Rough Riders' Contingent. The great majority are respectable looking yqung men of good physique.
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Evening Star, Issue 11152, 30 January 1900, Page 2
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201The Transvaal WAR. Evening Star, Issue 11152, 30 January 1900, Page 2
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