THE SECOND N.Z. CONTINGENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 6430, 30 December 1899, Page 3

THE SECOND N.Z. CONTINGENT.

(Bs Mgmh-Piw Atwi«ti'»i. Wmmmito.v, Saturday. J Tlioru are now over aj hundred J mou in uamp, and, plumy nPl'li 0 ', 1 ' ] lions aro coming forward, but in ( mnny instances tlio candidates come unprovided with" medical cortifioatos, t and tlion find themselves rojected. t It would save a good deal of dis- » appolntmont if recruits look thoso j preCHUtiotiH firsfc.. An ordinary certificate will uot do. Tho docu- | inent must be o( An uxhnustivo s nature, known as a military medical ( cflrtitirtate.' i »I'HB ADSENT MINDED DEGOAB." f Tlio follow!,u? message jv«B re* < cuivijd by tho Premier's ollice this morning, from tlie Agent-General: 1 -The Bail;/ Ml Ims banded me , £SOO donation from the Kipling | Poem FuiidtoftowZimliiiidP'iiriotii) \ Fund for the benefit of dependents of members of the New Zealand Con- ! tingent, and in recognition of Now . Zealand's (iiooipt and *|»lonilid re- , sponso to.Mother Countrys call to , lier'cliildron. Silimtiqn tinchaii«od us to war.' 1 ' 1 YOUNG PATRIOTS REWARDED. I Mr Reeves cables that an Englishman who desires his name withheld, has handed liini twenty pounds to provide a school trout for lbs Cautoi • bury children, who gave up 1 treat and contributed the money to the patriotic fund instead. •' WAR ITEMS. Tho colours of all the regiments iu Lndystnit.li wore sent to Mnril/.buig for safety. Di' lioyds is very angry at two of his sons boiug commaudeered and sent to tbo front. Pigeon fanciers will be glad to learn that the carrier-pigeons sent from Ludysmitli wore bred from English stock. The Jiijo Shimpo and other Japanese papers loudly praiso tbo forbearaiice >and patience shown by England in her dealings. with the Tntnsyanl. . Rear-Admiral Bradford, Cliiaf of the United Stated Bureau of Equipment, says it is impossible for the States to operate either in Europe or in South Africa during tbe present war, owing to tho lack of coaling stations. The state of the Jewish refugees | (writes a merchant in South Africa) reminds me of tbe destruction of Jerusalem or of some scenes from , " Ivuuhoe." The bombardment of Kimberley has in no way interfered with the ' dispensation' of justice by Judge Lango, who opened the criminal ses- , stoii just ns usual. ! An Englishman writesAt a i dinuer given toKruger he was offered wine,and replied aloud, 'No, it makes | my stomach aolie. 1 He went to bed t in bis clothes, and filled tbe ioor | with ashes from his pipe."

Eighteen Krupp field guns, originally ordered by the Argentine Republic, and subsequently sold at the I beginning of the war to Dr. Leyds, have bGeu retained ut Hamburg by order of the German Government. Our War Office, it seems, was not in ignorance as to the size of the Boer army. Sir John Ardngh, tbo head of the intelligence Department, made a forecast which exactly tallies with the reality. Mr Hofmeyr, a first cousin of the Afrikander said the other day to a corrrespondent, "Unglaad must annihilate tbe Republics, banish Kruger and Steyn, and then strike terror into the Capo Dutch," The statement that tho Boer artillery is officered by Germans is denied at Pretoria, It is said that without exception all the officers are bbt'ti'TransvaalerSjtwo being trained in Mope; The only foreigners ure two French artificers, sent by the makers of the guns, but who take no part in the firing. The hospital ship Maine, now being fitted out in London ■_ for service in tho South African war, is owned by the Atlantic Transport line, of which B.N. Baker, of Baltimore, is president! Mr Baker has given the ship to tbe British Government free of cost, aud he will personally pay tbe expenses of operating the vessel, w h ich amoa nts to 5000 dollars per month. A number of American women have already i sailed for England to join tbe Maine, and to work in its service as nurses.