FIFTY YEARS AGO.
GREETINGS TO 1864.
MORE TROOPS %M EOilK.
(From the HEBAin of j teaary 1( Thi old country fashion ' of ringing th(J old year out and the new year in" £ celeWed with j. becoming " the laj.t midnight hour chimed forth. dappers rattled vigorously,' not only in tower and steeple, but on board every stop m port; and many of those noble ships were illuminated from truck to deck m a beautiful and brilliant manner. Hail to the new-born year! It dawns blandly and propitiously. May its records pro* less sanguinary than those of the past. This day and Saturday hare been set apart foi\ pleasure. The public offices and privat* business bouses have agreed to relax jroiA care. The racecour-e-the riverthe c6nutry-all invite the toil-worn townsman to recreate. Auckland bids fair to aceept\ the invitation— vessels, vehicles, horses,\'buses, boats, have all beer, taken up. Bi it so. We heartily visa the pleasu±e*eekers pleasant weather, and a happy New Year. Reinforcements from England: We intimated inlour Wednesday's issue that the Sea King, w new auxiliary screw steamer of 1397 tons (first voyage', and th<; Empress, a clipper ship of 1313 tons, had Heen taken up for conveyance of troops <-om Woolwich to Auckland. We are now enabled to furnish the embarkation details. On board Sea King: One field officer. 3 captains, 3 subalterns, 2 staff, 11 sergeants, 2 trumpeters, 172 rank and file, 3 officers' servants, 23 women. 52 children 4 officers' wives. 4 children, I. battery, 4th brigade Royal Artillery; 1 captain, 3 sergeants, 2 trumpeters, 69 rank and file, 14 women, 26 children, Commissariat, Staff Corps; 1 1 subaltern, 1 officer's wife, 14th Regiment; 1 captain, 1 officer's wife, 50th Regiment ; 1 subaltern, 18th Regiment; 1 subaltern, 65th .Regiment; totaL 407 persons. On board the Empress : Four captains, 7 subalterns, 4 staff, 25 sergeants, 5 trumpeJers, 263 rank and file, 2 officers' servants, 38 women, 63 children, 6 officers' wives, 11 children, 4th Battalion Military Train? ,1 subaltern, 57th Foot; 4 sergeants, 10 rank and file, 6 women, 11 children, Army; Hospital Corps; total, 455. Grand total, 862 souls. " '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15496, 1 January 1914, Page 4
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