PREPARATIONS IN SYDNEY.
• . FORAGE FROM MELBOURNE. SYDNEY, Sept, 21. Though no definite steps can yet bs taken, the military authorities are making preparations in" readiness for tihe despatch of troops to ithe. Transvaal. • MELBOURNE, Sept. 21, As an outcome of 'the recent inquiries from- the British- War Officey a contract has been entered H.fco by a Victorian firm to supply.- compressed fodder for the troop horses in South Africa. Orders for 1800 ton.3 of bay^ 1000 tons of Chaff, and a considerable quantity of oats have «ISo been placed. The Imperial authoTati-S hava asked Sir'Gaorge Turner, to gat experts to examine all the forage to see if it is of good qua'ity.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6596, 21 September 1899, Page 3
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