AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.
Received January 21, 10.21 p.m.
Melbourne, January 21.
In the Federal House, Mr Barton announced that another contingent of 1000 men was to be sent. He had offered to provide transports, but the War Office expressed a desire to carry out its own transportation arrangements.
Mr Higgins (Victoria) presented a petition bearing 800 signatures, asking that Australian troops be withdrawn from South Africa, and that the Imperial Government be impressed with the importance of arranging for peace on terms consistent with those due to an honoured foe.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7369, 22 January 1902, Page 2
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89AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7369, 22 January 1902, Page 2
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