THE TENTH CONTINGENT.

Evening Star, Issue 11725, 7 April 1902, Page 4

THE TENTH CONTINGENT.

SOUTH ISLAND BATTALION LEAVE ON SATURDAY WEEK.

GHBISTCHURCH, April 7. The probable date of departure of the South Hand Battalion of the Tenth Contingent is April 19. . ■ The total number w camp to-day, including camp staff of eight, details for the Seventh and Eighth, and the Coronation Contingent of three, was 530, the total of the Tenth Contingent being five officers and 480 men. About 100 horses are in camp. The men were inspected by the officer commanding the district this morning. The shooting practice starts to-morrow. NORTH ISLAND SECTION LEAVE ON SATURDAY. There wOl be no delay in the departure of the North Island Battalion of the Tenth Contingent The force leave by the Drayton Grange next Saturday, There are now between 300 and 400 men of the Tenth Contingent in camp at Trentkun. A start has been made with drill instruction and shooting, but there are no horses in the lines. Gisborne'3 quota of twenty-two men for the Tenth Contingent, together with fifty remounts, left by the Te Anau last evening. Sixty-eight of the South Canterbury quota of the Tenth Contingent, representing Timaru, Waimate, Fairlie, Geraldine, and Temuka, were given a farewell luncheon in the drubbed by the citizens on Saturday. A spirited address was given by Colonel Bailey, who pointed out that each was individually bound to uphold the honor of the British Army and the credit of New Zealand, and maintain the high standard set by previous drafts. Colonel Jowsey and ifcajor Crawshaw also addressed the men, giving some advice based on their own experience. The men were escorted by the

Mounted Rifles and a band, and a- tose concourse of people cheered them away. Lieutenant Jones left by the express this morning to join the Tenth Contingent at the Addinpton camp. Captain W. S. Pennycook, of the Oath* Mounted Rifles, who has been appointed to a captaincy in the Tenth Contingent, w«s presented by his fellow-workmen with a gold locket on Saturday as a small token of the esteen in 'which be was held.