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Otago Witness, Issue 2394, 18 January 1900, Page 52

HORSES FOR THE TRANSVAAL. « DEMOUNTS FOR OUR CONTINGENTS. DAILY TIMES "MORE HORSES 1 ' FUND. Subscriptions of One Shilling and upwards will be acknowledged daily. ? x*he colony has patriotically supplied one contingent of mounted men for pStfioe in the Boer war, and is equipping a second contingent, while it is virtu"ally settled that, in deference to the freely expressed wishes of large numbers )of our people, the Government will despatch a third contingent. The pressing meed of the British army in South Africa is mounted men. For men without Sxorses there is no special demand. And the value of our own men as would be seriously discounted if they wers to lose their horses. That jtheir usefulness may not be impaired it is necessary, indeed, that they should have remounts at their disposal. Horses, however, are not obtainable in iSouth Africa, except at a prodigious cost, and in order that the members of 'jthe New Zealand contingents may continue to render efficient service, such as the first contingent is already rendering, it is highly desirable that they Should be well supplied wi#h surplus horses from, their own colony. The proJrision of these extra horses is a matter which the people of New Zealand, sit)ting comfortably at their ease in their own homes, may be proud to undertake. Each contingent will be provided with a certain number .of spare horses. JA heavy mortality among the animals is, however, unavoidable. The sea ' Voyage will be fatal to many, as it was to a number of those which have already been shipped from our shores. Others will be killed or rendered useless through wounds. Others will fall victims to disease. Already the officer commanding the Queenslanders in South Africa has cabled to his colony for .permission to purchase 40 horses to replace those which have died through horse sickness. The necessity for providing the New Zealand contingents with a sufficient number of spare horses to secure to each member of them the certainty of a mount will, therefore, be apparent. The New Zealand trooper who is horseless is crippled. The provision for him of a spare horse renders him once more an effective unit in the Imperial army, and is, in that respect, a gift to the Imperial authorities. The Secretary of State for War has expressed bis high appreciation of the offer of horses. In the belief that a scheme for sending more horses to South Africa in order that our contingents may be serviceably mounted will commend itself " to the public, we have decided to open the Daily Times " More Horses " Fund with that object, and to ask those who sympathise with it to foi*ward their subscriptions, large or small, to our office. A list of subscribers will be published from day to aay. Subscriptions will be received by the agents of the Otago Daily Times and Witness throughout Obago and Southland, and duly acknowledged. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED. than by taking care that nothing is left undone Shillings, that will help to maintain their efficiency in pr Colquhoun «.- .. 400 ' c field. It is impossible to replace those Captain and crew' Paparoa I. ,1 .1 125 which may die or be disabled, and.it is, thereJGTames Hazlett r 105 * ore > of the ver y greatest importance that we (Daily Times Co ..' *. ..• -."j .. 100 should promptly help the fund you have started. H. J. Hallenstein" .]', .'. "., '.. '.', 100 "If it were possible to despatch a number of iB. Whitcombe .. ». .«j opo •»,. ... 21 horses with the second contingent this should <j S. Nixon 1! .j a* t , .« 20 certainly be done, and if the patriotic committee Stage Hussar" ",! *°" "' j^ 20 are aa ked to do so they may see their way to O y a l \ J ,J| [* *'\ iq devote a portion of the funds they have in hand •'fl? Tresed^r " *" „ t , „ \\ 5 *° * ne purchase of horses with the view to their r|W. Willis,' Port Chalmers' '^ 5 immediate despatch. 13T. A. Torrance . . ....,-,■ .«■ »..i 5 "I think it advisable to send at least 25 to ~i&. T. u4 *, 4t S.JJ .". 5 Major Robin at once, as I feel sure his men JS. S. .. .jP., *« „> 4.1 *..i ..• 5 will require them to areplace those that have :U5. Hill ',:„ « fJ „, «, ... 2 oeen lost through disease and otherwise. In Xf. "W t» rco *»■»••**• 2 the meantime I enclose my cheque for JES 55." ■JTwo Children A „ V» r. (I .., 2 i&.' Working Man !! '.'. '.'.' ™ V. !!' 1 MORE HOESES. ' We are very pleased to learn that one of the T0 THE editor. [largest organised bodies in Dunedin is already Sir,— l heartily endorse your action and arranging details for a monster benefit in aid eve ry word Mr Hazlett says about sending more $)f the More Horses " fund. We are informed lioraes for our contingents in South Africa. |hat the entertainment will be run upon lines It is clear to every one that mounted men are totally different to anything given during the wanted there above and beyond any others, present patriotic season. Horses exposed, as our beys' horses are, and " running the risks they run, from disease and A NOTE OF APPROVAL. the accidents of war, must die. We know some Mr James Hazlett writes as follows to the of the horses from other colonies are dying JEditor: — fast, and we cannot expect to be exempt from. " Sir, — I strongly support the movement the common fate of others. Without horses fcrou have inaugurated here for the pur- our nier> might as well be at home in New jcuring of more horses for the use of the New Zealand. (Zealand contingent in South Africa. It must I feel sure that those who are taking so much roe evident to anyone who gives the matter a I kindly interest in the patriotic fund will agree poment's consideration that the usefulness of with this movement, and, if they can, will at the New Zealanders will depend almost entirely once devote a portion of it for this purpose, pn their mounts. If through horse sickness or so that our lads may be kept thoroughly efjother causes a trooper loses his horse he is at ! fective. -Jfcnce. placed in a helpless condition, and our j A traction engine would also be highly apcannot better show their patriotism preciated and a most useful gift an engine »nd their desire to assist the contingents they doesn't die, and would do the work of many .are supplying the Empire in its hour of trial horses.— l am, etc., J Eobin