DEPARTURE OF SOUTHERN MEN.
CHRISTCHURCH, February 8. At Lyttelton the contingents met with a hearty reception, and after depositing their baggage on board they paraded the streets, supported by the North Canterbury Battalion. They were addi'essed by the Premier, General Babington, the Hon. W. C. Walker, and the Mayor of Lyttelton. They then embarked, and were accompanied to the Heads by several of the U.S.S. Company's steamer's, and a.s they passed the contingent band played "The Girl I Left Behind Me." The steamers got back to the wharf at dusk, by which time the Cornwall had made a, good offing. She will go south, and will "call a.f -Albanv.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 10 February 1902, Page 2
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