AN ORDER FOR BEEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11923, 22 December 1900, Page 7

AN ORDER FOR BEEF.

HORSES NOT REQUIRED,

LONDON, December 21. (Received Dec. 22, at 0.25 a.m.)

The War Office has ordered 326,0001b of New South Wales compressed corned beef or mutton, but declined an order for horses on the ground that they wanted no more.

SUGGESTIONS AS TO CONTINGENTS, SYDNEY, December 21. (Received Dec. 21, at 8.45 a.m.)

Apropos of the New Zealand proposal to send a further contingent to' South Africa, Sir W. J. Lyne considers that a similar move on the part of Australia would have to be a Federal one.

Trooper Smoothoy, of lnvercargill, and a member of the fourth contingent, was in town yeßterday. Ho arrived from the north by the previous night's express. Trooper Smoothey was invalided home from Zeerust, and cume to the colony by the Waiwera. Ho leaves for the south this morning, lint does not intend staying there permanently, having made up his mind to return to South Africa as soon as he conveniently can. Unfortunately no intimation was received of the trooper's arrival, and the Patriotic Committee were thus not able to render the welcome and assistance which they would have gladly extended had they known of his arrival.

News from Sydney states that one of the Now Zealand troopers rather effectively silenced a pro-Boer orator in the domain on a recent Sunday. A socialist demagogue during hie address made repeated insulting reference to the Queen and Royal Family, till the trooper, who happened to be in the crowd, pulled him up. Stepping up to

the speaker, he said: " Look here, you pro-Boer, if you say another word about her Majesty, I'll knock you off the blooming box. I've shot better men- than you in South Africa." Tho trooper was cheered by the crowd, and looked co like business that the socialist turned it off with the remark, " However, that is not my subject," and did not venture any further disrespectful remarks.