THE VALUE OF COLONIAL TROOPS.
. PRAISE FOR CAPTAIN MADOCKS. PAY OF COLONIAL TROOPS. ■ . . . LONDON, February 14. (Received February 16, at 0.20 a.m.) . The Times says that the distinction the Australians have won at Rendsburg, is. proof of the great value of colonial troops. ■The papgr especially instances the pluck, and readiness shown by Captain Madocks, of the New Zealand contingent,. at Slingersfontein. . In the House of Commons Mr Wyndham, Secretary for War, deprecated fussing over the terms of colonial offers. It was inadvisable1 to discuss the rates of pay of troops from .different parts of the Empire. Colonial troops had a right to claim in future a share of the work of the British army. • .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11659, 16 February 1900, Page 5
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