THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12398, 11 January 1901, Page 7

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

TEE RETURNING NEWr ZEALANDERS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, Jan. 10. The New Zealand troops from South ■Africa will leave for New Zealand in the steamer Orient on Saturday. The steamer will first go to Brisbane, and thence direct to Dunedin. OATS FOR SOUTH APRIOAt MELBOURNE, Jan. 10. The War Office has cabled, stating, that it is now supplying its c-at requirements in England. f _ RETURNING- NEW ZEALANDERS. ! [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 10. .The Acting-Premier has wired to the transport officer in Sydney asking when the Orient will leave Brisbane for Dunedin and the number of returned troopers wfio will come by her. Mr Ward has also asked that she should signal when passing the Bluff, so as to give the Dunedin people timely notice of her approach. THE RHENOSTER HOP WOUNDED. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 10. The Government has the folio#* ink cable message from South Africa:- “ Surgeon-Captain Godfrey, Captain Crawghaw audi Lieutenant Montgomerie have rejoined, Lieutenants Tucker and Sommervillel are doing well, 4-76 Trooper Booth is undergoing an operation to .extract a bullet from his arm, 466 Trooper Borlase has a slights fever. The other men are doing well.” RETURNING NEW ZEALANDERS. • DUNEDIN, Jap. 10. ’ At a meeting held to-night some arrangements were made for giving a reception to the soldiers returning by the Orient, and the rest were left to the committee. It is proposed to 'bring in from the country das', tricts as many horsemen as possible. Tha troopers op. arrival by train will, with the exception of the sick, be mounted and taken to For bury Park, where the reception] wifi be held. The Southland portion of the Sixth Con tfogpat, due to arrive at Ashburton to-mop row, wilLpreceed to Lagmhor Estate, wher( they will engage in a friendly shooting match-with the Ashburton Mounted Rifles THE SIXTH CONTINGENT. AUCKLAND, Jan. 10. At present 92 men are under canvas ii the Sixth Contingent camp. With applii cants freon the country still to arrive, thl total of 105 should soon be obtained. Six teen men have passed the medical test. Sergeant-Major Orespin, mounted instruc. tor,'has arrived from’Wellington-, and corn menced bis duties. WELLINGTON, Jan. 10. There were 446 mem under canvas at New. ton Park last night, eighteen being return* ed troopers. A large number of men have , been rejected for medical reasons since tha camp was established.. Varicose veins bars proved a frequent cause of rejection. Tin Canterbury men were exercised in riding tests to-day, with the result that eighteen were rejected. THE CANTERBURY REINFORCEMENTS. The 26. men selected by the War Fund Committee to fill the vacancies in the Canterbury Troop were put through dismount! ed drdl by Lieutenant Mostyn-Jones at & o’clock yesterday morning. At 3 p.m. twenty-two members answer-, ed to -their names, and were put through a course of drill by Staff-Sergeant-Major (Meman. After parade the men were supplied with thefo Mt and- equipment, all -op which had been,.locally made, to the ordei * of the War Fund Committee., The clothing was turned! out by the Kaiapoi Woollen Company and Messrs Ballantyna and Co., tie boots and shoes by Messrs A, Tyree and Co., the gaiters were made by Mt W. Travis, the kit bags by Messrs Johnston and Ccnzens, the brushes by Mr J. Shaw, while the sundries came , from the houses of Messrs. Sargood, Son and Ewen and 1 W, Chry-stall and Co.

Each man’s kit-consisted of two kha-rki tunics, 2 pairs of riding breeches, 1 pair serge trousers, 1 Mue jersey, a slouch hat, field service cap, woollen cap, 3 pairs socks, 3 undershirts, 3 grey flannel Shirts, % pairs drawers, 3 cholera belts, 2 blankets, 3 towels, waterproof sheet, great coat, braces, gaiters, 2 pairs boots, 2 pahs shoes, spurs, clasp knife and lanyard, “ hold all ’ 1 {with knife, fork and spoon, brush and comb, and housewife), button-stick and brushes, shoe brushes, blacking and dubbing, and a kit bag. , The equipment also included waist-belt, ■ haversack, waterbottle and mess tin, as well as all camp necessaries, and saddle and trappings for horse. ’ Mr G. A. M. Buckley, acting on behalf of the Canterbury War Fund Committee, attended at Cookson’s Stables, Ashburton, yesterday, for the purpose of/selecting horses for the men to be sent with, the Sixth Contingent. Four animals were selected. Owing to a portion of the equipment not being ready, the men, will go into camp at the Driilshed to-day' and they will not leave for Wellington until to-morrow ingNineteen horses, for the use of the Sixth Contingent, left Lyttelton for .Wellington by the s.«. Rotomahana last might. A LETTER FROM 8.-P. The following letter, dated Gfocte Schuur, Roodeboseh, near Cape Town, Sept. 21, 1900, has been received in reply to a congratulatory message sent to the hero'of Mafeking by the ladies of No. 3 Victoria Orange Lodge; —Dear Miss Gunn, —I desire *to thank you for your letter of kind congratulations, and I should be veiy glad if you would also convey to the ladies’ Loyal Orange Lodge my warmest thanks for their good wishes for my welfare. I appreciate your -kind thought in writing to me. Believe me, — Yours truly, R. S. S. Baden-Poweli, Major-General.

Trooper Charles Cooper, a native of Cust, having been accepted for active service in South Africa, was entertained by his friends on Tuesday evening, at- the Cust Hotel. The members of the Cust Corps were well represented, and during the evening the guest was presented with a handsome pipe and case by Sergeant Ruddenklau. The proceedings were not of a lengthened character owing to the receipt of a telegram conveying the intelligence that aii uncle of Mr Cooper had that day met with his death through sunstroke.