MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Premier of Cape' Colony, Mr W. P. Schreiner, is the son of a- German missionary. He was born in Cape -Co'ony, and waa admitted to the bar in 1882; Curious asit may- seem; Mr Schreiner was Attor-ney-General in the' Rhpdes''Ministry, and went out' of office with Mr Rhodes . after, the Jamesap -crash,. .,"• ■""Rooi-nek, literally red-neck, is a term of opprobrium applied by th 6 Boer to the Englishman. They say that ill the last war tho English were always running |way, and that their sunburnt necks^V.ere fliore seen than their- faces J The test of organising power (says The Times) will arise' only aftp disembarkation, and it is in anticipation'*bf the difficulties which must necessarily present, themselves that a number of Army Service Corps companies and many s special service officers are being sent out. The preliminary mobilisation will be carried out rapidly ; but, if the subsequent difficulties are not adequately realised, there will be. a bitter disappointment at the appaVent delay in taking the field, which', in the -circumstances, is inevitable. ->v"- .' «~ - . ■ •■•-.-•■■
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 22 November 1899, Page 2
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176MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 22 November 1899, Page 2
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