COLONIAL SOLDIERS IN DIFFICULTIES
MR RHODES'S ADVICE' TO SOUTH AFRICAN LEAGUE. ■Received October 12, 11.30 p.m. London, October 11. — One hundred and seventy invalided Colonial soldiers have beon in England since May, owing lo financial difficulties through from £22 to £115 of pay due being in arrears. The Lord Mayor arranged for weekly loans from the Discretionary. Fund, which included many Australian subscriptions. Lord Carrington is secretary r»f the committee. The Oity of London Volunteers are returning to London on the 27th. There will be a short thanksgiving service at St. Paul's and the men will then immediately disband. Cape Town, October 11.'— Mr Cecil Rhodes haa advised the South African League to adopt a programme which will recognise the "^supremacy of the English flag, and ask for equal rights, to show the Dutch there is no ill-feeling. All able-bodied Britishers on the Rand will be liable for service. Sir A. Milner advises refugees who are not willing for service in the town guard to postpone their return.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11581, 13 October 1900, Page 2
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168COLONIAL SOLDIERS IN DIFFICULTIES Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11581, 13 October 1900, Page 2
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