MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 53, 8 March 1900, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

NKW ZEALAND SKCONO CONTINGENT LEAVE If OK MtONT. Keccived 7, f1.30 u.m. London, March (5. Tno i\irik,-n)ilov I> md proposes to ssmi 4 doi-u>»uon to Ujoada and Aus-

| the indepsi)do!lc^>ft^nffi^MH^PPPi J Free State Republic*. I Tha Busutos are wildly jubilant over (the British victories. Capetown, March 6. The Waiwrra'a second contingent of New Zealanders are leaving for the front. (Received 7, 9.45 am.) London, March 6. Boer prisoners and many fighting Boers are eager to obtain espies of Lord Roberta* proclamation. The body of Major Eddy, who was uecond in command of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, and who was mifd at Reusburg, has been recovered and interred by a chaplain. Sydney, March 7, The new Bushmen's Contingent will be armed with Lee-Enfield cirbinM. (Received 8, 1.50 a.m.) London, March 7, Lord Hindlip, aide-de-camp toLerd Brassey, who is aboard the yacht Sunbeam with Lord Brasaey at Capetown, has offered the War Offioe a *!■»{■. gun if he reoeiveß an appointment in a ! mounted corps. Viscountess Hampden tent 2311 articles of clothing, 250 lbs of ' 300 pipes, and a quantity of "limlitt ; to the New South W»les Ltnoers and ' Australian Horse at the front.

Wellington, Much 7. The captain of the ahip H— p—Mfii which has arrived from Capetown, states that berthing there is at a premium, and unless a vessel is laden with produce, munitions of war, or troops it has a poor chance to Hiawh.i.gy cargo. There were 170 vessels in port when he left. The captain of one vessel refused to move from & berth when ordered, so the Commander of the Forces sent a picket, who out the linst and the vessel drifted into the stream.