MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 98, 23 May 1900, Page 3

MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL.

DISEBVED PROMOTION. (Received 23, 11.30 a.m.) Bkisbane, May 22. The Agent-General has wired that Colonel Baden-Powell has been promoted to be a major-general. (Beceived 23, 1.35 a.m.) London, May 22. The Queen has promoted Colonel Baden-Powell to be a major-general. i WELLINGTON'S CELEBRATIONS.

Wellington, May 22! £The procession arranged for last night in honour of the relief of Mafeking was the means of causing a tremendous crush at all points of vantage, The Mayor and Mr. Ward addressed the assemblage. After " Rule, Britannia " had been sung Mr. Ward said, " Yes, Britannia rules the waves, and I believe that

under the able direction of statesmen of the Old World in the not distant future Britain will, in combination with B r her children in other parts of the H_ Empire, raise a lasting structure which no combination of Continental countries B can ever destroy." Cheers were given foe the British troops in South Africa, for Mr. Ward, and for the New Zealanders at the **■ front. The close of Mafeking day was marked by a gathering of citizens at the General Post-office at the invitation of Mr. Ward, Postmaster-General. Among the speakers were Bishop "Wallis, the Hon. W. C. Walker, the Mayor, Rev. J. Patercon, Colonel Pole-Penton, Messrs. H. Beauchamp J. Plimmer, sen., T. M, Wilford, and the Hon. Mr. Ward. An announcement was made by the latter that the Government proposed to send a most cordial invitation to Colonel Baden-Powell to visit New Zealand, as had alreidy been done in the case of Lord Roberts.