A DISTINGUISHED PALMERSTONIAN.
The friends of Mr Duncan Sinclair, junr., who is now serving with the Australian Bushmen in South Africa, have received news by the last mail that he has been specially mentioned in Lieut.General Baden Powell's despatches for conspicuous gallantry at Zeerust. Tho particulars of the engagement in which Trooper Sinclair distinguished himself are not yot to. hand, but it is highly gratifying to tho residents of Palmerston to know that one of their townsmen has, proved himself such a worthy son of the Empire ; and it also shows the absurdity of the redta'pism which goyernod the selection of our contingents, for it will be remembered that Trooper Sinclair's services were rojected in New Zealand because he had not been a member of a volunteer corps, and rather than be denied he went to Sydney and joined tho Australian Bushmen. Thus, while we rejoice in the knowledge that one of our own men has received tho . commendation of so gallant a soldier as Baden-Powell, we regret that through the cast iron methods of our officials the credit will be lost to New Zealand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 6780, 24 August 1900, Page 2
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185A DISTINGUISHED PALMERSTONIAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 6780, 24 August 1900, Page 2
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