A REGENERATED ARMY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11275, 19 January 1900, Page 5

A REGENERATED ARMY.

! RECRUITED FROM ALL PARTS ' OF THE EMPIRE. ! By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, January 18. The Standard states that it is 1 strange that the War Office should for years have disregarded the potentialities of Australia cs a recruit-ing-ground for light cavalry and mounted infantry. There ought to be Imperial officers employed there. An enthusiastic and regenerated army ought to be formed, composed of Britons from every part of the Empire. I AN ORDER RESCINDED. London, January 17. The order Biimmoning the British officers serving in Egypt to South Africa has been rescinded. THE QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT. London, January IV. Lady Lamington, wife of the Governor of Queensland, who is now in England, is collecting comforts for ; the Queenslanders at the front, especially knitted clothing and caps. Lord Lamington has cabled to the troops his admiration of their Sunny- ; side exploit. London, January 18. Lord Lamington has sent the 1 Queenslanders at the front two i hundredweight of tobacco. BuiSBANB, January 18. A women's working guild Las been formed to supply the Queensland contingent i with articles of comfort. SMALL-POX AMONG THE I BOERS. London, January 18. It is reported that small-pox has ; broken out in the Boers' camps in Natal. A BRAVE QUEENSLANDER. London, January 18. i Mr. Bennett Burleigh's letters to the Daily Telegraph show that Captain Fitzpatrick, the Queensland Special Service officer, behaved with conspicuous gallantry in the defence of Colonel Long's guns at the Tug ;la River battle. He escaped unhurt. THE SWAZIS TROUBLESOME. Capetown, January 17. The Swazi Queen Mother, the report of whose death, is contradicted, has killed all the chiefs who visited England and the Cape. She is now plotting with the Boers, J