AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8663, 4 November 1899, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.

Sydney, Nov. 3. To-day a complete infantry unit of seventy mounted rifl«9 sailed by the Aberdeen. Tremendous crowds again thronged the streets and enthusiasm ran high. A drizzling rain commenced as the march to the steamer began. A Lancer had both legs fractured through his horse falling on him. About fifty mounted men leavo by the Langton Grange uext week. A Patriotic Fund in aid of the wounded and killed of the local contingent has been opened and £1000 has been subscribed since yesterday.

GERAIAN GENERAL DEAD. BOER MOVEMENT ON THE BRITISH FLANK. (Received Nov. 4, 9.20 a.m.) Durban, Nov. 3. General Koch, wounded in the action at Elands Laagte, is dead. [General Koek is a German, and at one timo was in command of the Transvaal Staats Artillery. He has not taken a very prominent part in politics, aud wai of little consequence to the Buers since he was succeeded in command of the artillery by Commandant Weilback, another German officer, with more up-to-date ideas.] The Boers are reported to be occupying Pomeroy, a small village to the east of Lady smith, (Received Nov. 4, 9.35 a.m.) ■ Melbourne, Nov. 4. The War Office has placed another order for 500 tons of oats for South Africa. The Western Australian and Tasnianian Governments agree to the suggestion that Colonel Hood should command the Medic's contingents. Brisbane, Nov. 4. In connection with the allegation that the rifles supplied to the contingent were defective, the officer in charge, upon arrival of the Cornwall at Sydney, will receive instructions through the Premier that unless the men are supplied by the Imperial authorities with properly sighted Leo-Metfords, he must on reaching South Africa immediately have the rifles now in their possession thoroughly tested.