THE WAR
ARMOURED TRAIN COLLISION
Received February 5, 1 8 a.m. London, February 4. The Earl of Munster, Royal Scots, was accidentally killed at Kroonstad. A collision between armoured trains occurred at Burghersdorp, five soldiers being killed and five injured.
THE NINTH CONTINGENT. Wellington; February 4. Applications received by the Wellington Recruiting Board for the Ninth Contingent are over 600 to fill 129 places.
Auckland, February 4. Captain O'Brien, of A Battery, commands the camp of the North Island Battalion, and also receives a commission in the Ninth Contingent.
For the North Taranaki quota of 13, the following men were selected : — F. E. Black, Stratford J. H. Andrews, Bell Block J. Clarke, Okato H. Duller, New Plymouth E. Wray, Waitara P. Hooker, Inglewood J. Jordan, Stratford T. A. Hutchison, New Plymouth C. Chefl&ngs, Bell Block W. Aitken, New Plymouth J. Mackay, Inglewood A. Lash, Waitara E. T. Early, Midhirst R. Mitchell, New Plymouth, first emergency
H. Finlayson, New Plymouth, second emergency
HAWERA SELECTIONS.
After passing the doctor's examination, the following are the fifteen men picked by the Hawera Recruiting Board :— F. Grubb', Fifth Contingent. F. Horneman, Imperial Light Horse. W. Speck, First Contingent. Wm. Treanor, Seddon Horse. J. E. Leydon, Stratford Mounted Rifles. . H. H. Cleaver, Stratford Mounted Rifles.
John Dodunski, Stratford Mounted Rifles.
W. E. Harrison, Hawera Mounted Rifles. A. J. Allan, Hawera Mounted Rifles.
J. Silvester, Hawera Mounted Rifles. Geo. Morton, Opunake Mounted Rifles.
W. Tait, Opunake Mounted Rifles. O, W. Webby, Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
E. N, Johnß, Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
J. A. Wormald, Fifth Contingent. The men are to leave for Auckland not later than Bth inst. The labors of the Board were fairly onerous, by reason of the fact that there were nearly 250 applications sent in to fill the allotted quota of fifteen, for Hawera.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7380, 5 February 1902, Page 2
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