NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND CONTINGENT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8701, 21 December 1899, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND CONTINGENT.

APPLICATIONS STILL-COitEINi . * Wei&isgton. This day) ; .Dr ValeDtine and Mr A., Thompson, of • . . Inglowood, and Mr A", Kellow, of Welling- . ;;. too, Lave donated a horse eaoh to' the New '•"■ - Zealand-contingent. _ x „ ;.' !'T',\ ! j V : ' "'' '". ; '• ".•-' '''~'K*'"*i'i

The pontingent will consist, as before, of major in command, two captains, six lieutenants, and 204 non-commissioned officers and men, all mouuted infantry In addition two lieutenants and 30 men will be required lor the machine gun detachment. Enough offers have been received in Wellington alone to fill the ■ lisle, and 68 offers are pouring in from outside, J,be conditions have been made ;. ■ even more stringent than before. The contingent will be confined, if possible, to volunteer forces, and no married man will be accepted. The Westland Rifles have volunteered in a body for active service in the Transvaal, apart from the contingeat. The HotchkißS gun detachment will require forty horses and thirty men. The Governor has communicated with the cap- ■ tain of H.M.S. Tauranga asking him to allow an expert to take up his quartern in the camp as instructor to the Hotchkiss detachment. Mr G. G. Stead has sent the following - . telegram to the Press Association : " Sotne ■:■■ . of the beßt and bravest of our young men are offering their lives to assiat our kin in South Africa. Cannot we who remaiu ■at home in comfort offer some evidence of our patriotism bygivinghorsesfor the use of , ' our contingent. We are constantly singing •• Rule Britannia ;" let us give practical proof that we are willing to make a little self-sacrifice aud assist Britannia to rule." : ■• • DuNedin, This day. Captain Cradock, late of the 6th Dragoon Guards, has volunteered for service in command of the second New Zealand contingent. He is an experienced cavalry officer. Over forty members of the City Guards, \ the North Dnnedin, Bruce, Highland, and y'l City Rifles have sent in their- names as i \ "willing to go to the front if an infantry '• ' corps »s sent. • .".■'"--." • ■ Timasu, this day. ' Messrs Ballantyne and Co. have been ';' .requested by the Defence Department to '- :■ reserve their stock of kharui lor the con- ; : ; tingent. They have enough for 100 full . ■ uniforms or 200 tunics, and more to arrive.