BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 217, 7 November 1900, Page 3

BOER WAR.

fIORDOH TTILBON COMMANDS THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY FOR AUSTRALIA. (FIB PRK36 ASSOCIATION.) (Received 7, 0.52 ajn.) Lonbon, November 6, Gaptain Gordon Chesney Wilson, of the Howe Guards, who was in MajorGeneral Baden-Powell's staff at liafeking, commands the Household Cavalry detachment oaring to Australia. A LOYAL IKIIH LORD MAYOR. A SEDITIOUS RESOLUTION REFUSED. (Received 7,0.51 am.) Lotdoh, Novmeber 6. Tht Lord Mayor of London declined (fancy's seditious reeolutioa to confer tke fraedem of the city on Kruger. ■ The Mayor's action ( caused muek tumult, JIBOBLLA11EOU& (Received 6,9.15 am.) Lonxn, Noyember 6, Ik consequence of Mr. Kruger requiring a long rest, it is unlikely that he will conduct negotiations for international intervention. BtDintY, November 6. In a private letter, a sergeant of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry accuses quarter-masters and many men of the British Amy corps of robbing the British Government by selling ■toes. He states that some of them made email fortunes during the South African campaign, Ottawa, November 5. J Ihe Ontario Government will grant At South African Canadian Contin- ,-: 'gent 160 acres ef land each.

XJS. COKTINGBNTEL OFfICIAL BETUKH OF STRINGTH. WsLUKoroif, November S, A return published by the Defence s . Danrtment, dated Wellington, Octob«r 31st, shows that 71 offieers and 1723 v men constituted the full strength of the " various contingents from New Zealand. Of these three officers and 39 men have 4iecl or been killed, five officers and 86 not invalided home, one officer and 11 uen discharged) 142 ineif have joined / the police* one man has been dismissed. The death list shows the first contingent to have lost 13 men, second 10, third two officers and 12 men, fourth one officer and four men, while the fifth had no deaths bo for. The

present strength of the contingents is 60 efficers and 1440 men. The estimate includes invalids on their way home. Of the men wEo have joined the police, 23 belonged to the first contingent, 50 to theseconij, 69 to the third, TBI BKTUBNING NBW ZKALANCBBB. JCAYOB 07 WBUJINQTON ABBAIfaUNG A PUBLIO BEOSmON. TO HONOR TBB BRAYB. 6. The Itayor of Weltiagtetyhss decided to make spinal for the reoeption of the large number members «f the first contingent, who left Oaptown on Saturday last, under Efrntenant Hughes.