THE INDIAN CONTINGENT

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4296, 4 March 1901, Page 5

THE INDIAN CONTINGENT

PRESS ASSOCIATION. | DUNEDIN, March, i!. ' The Indian troops paraded in the city this morning, headed, by the Mayor and the Hon C. H. Mills and the local and suburban volunteers. They made a circuit of the principal streets, returning to their headquarters at the Agricultural Hall for lunch before proceeding to the Wingatui Racecourse. Great crowds lined the entire route, and the troops were everywhere received with the utmost cordiality, and at the finish of the procession the local troops gave a Maori war cry in a very effective manner.

DUNEDIN, March 3. The crowd which turned out to the march of the Indian troops Ad not fall much short of that for the Imperial Representative Corps. Die Indians were heartily cheered along the whole route. Volunteers to the number of about 400 headed the procession. The Garrison Baud played before the Indians, whose cavalry section was 1 mounted. The Slayer welcomed the men, and the Hon C. H. Mills made a short speech. Many of the Indians visited the tneatre in the evening. , After the warmth of Saturday, the weather was again cold to-day, and most of the Indians kept to their quarters.