BRITISH TROOPS IN NATAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 3986, 28 February 1900, Page 7

BRITISH TROOPS IN NATAL.

;hAVIE OF THE FORCE TO BE WITHDRAWN. fltoccived I:\ijtLUtr 1 .' l!o, 1.0 a.in.) IPjAUOLS. RTTi’jrjry L 7. rive* t liOia.H.ud will Uc v/iiliclrav.’ii HL-i! Xatal \ ; : I'V’Rv. REMOUNTS FOR THE CAPE. CH Kx.-jT CH.PR CH, Tuesday. The steamer LTmaunted with " remo.nits lor youth .Alice, [ e f t Lyttelton sfioruy alter noon '.p-day. She lakes jiHiely-ux iForty of them came Srem O. c o. and are consigned to Major b'- l) t,il; tor the use oi the contingent, rbe remainder, from Napier and Wellington. are being sent to Lord Roberts to he nsea as lie may deem necessary. The nCeO i • > d m lor the animals is admirable. Substantial as the stalls were v.hen erected, they had been strengthened by the diieclion of Mr Daniels with additional braces. During the morning a cable message was received from the charterers of the sttanner giving instructions tuai the .stalls are not to be dismantled after tlieir present occupants have vacated them. and it is understood the undaunted will probably return to this colony to convey a second draft of remounts to South Africa. The horse; are in Hie care of fifteen men—under .si. D. McGregor, cf Wellington—who have been sworn in tor the duty oi locking alter them, and arc expected to be attached to one of tiie New Zealand contingents on their arrival in South Africa. Mcamviiito they have been entered on tho steamer’s articles as deckhands. The party consists ol 1:1. D. McGregor (iVoilinglon), J. E. Hall, TI. E. Oppenhchn, .1. C. Wilson and IT. E. Cliikie (Christchurch), T. E. Moorhens? (Akaraa), 11. H. Fid Hie, If. A. li ees and R. W., Johnstone K.-islmmc!, A. li. Donald and J. Feeney i Welling;'.on), A. G. Reynolds, H. J. Gray and 11. Munroo. Most cf those bare been members of Him New Zealand volunteer luicc. Tire Undaunted has a largo cargo of oats and other produce shipped at the fJluif, Port Chalmers and Lyttelton for Dm ban and CNpciowu.