TRIAL OF DISLOYALISTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9942, 19 January 1900, Page 3

TRIAL OF DISLOYALISTS.

Bond refer to people not being able to "i\c their cheques, but they can all give the small sums. I happen to be 0110 of those soit. ll I could only aßovd to gyve my dicqito I would willingly do so, but I Hill give what I can, and I thercfoie one last 1 os to bo denoted to Wanganui's Special Contingent. — I ha\e the hoiioui to be, sir, your obedient servant, A YOUNG BRITISHER TO THE BACKBONE.

Received January 19, at 12.35 p.m. CAPETOWN, January 18. Captain Dawse, of the Queensland contingent, in giving evidence at the trial of 35 rebels captured at Sunnyside, testified that ho commanded a division of Qneenslanders nt the Sunnyside engagement. Eighty yards from the prisoners Privato MacLeod, of his company, was Wiled. During an engagement ho waa twice shot. Tho tiial was adjourned. THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT. Received January 19, at 9.20 a.m. HOBART, January 19. The Tasinanian contingent leceived an enthusiastic send-oif. THE "SEND-OFF" AT WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, January 19. All steamers arriving are crowded with excursionists to witness the contingent's "seiid-ofi." The accommodation of tho city is severely taxed. Further crowds are expected to arrive tomorrow. Steamers and trains will pour visitors into tho city during the forenoon. The weather promises to be fine. ( . . i CANTERBURY'S CONTINGENT. CHRISTCHTJHCH, January 19. The Canterbury war fund contributions, exceed ,£4BOO, in addition to the hqrses given to the {Government and .£2OOO received from tho patriotic fund. Over 100 applications ha\o been received for enrolment in the Canterbury, contingent, and the determination to gelid a Canterbury contingent is being takan up with enthusiasm. RELIGIOUS PATRIOTIC SERVICE. Preparations aro being mad& for the seating of a big crowd at the patriotic lehgious service on Sunday in the Drill Hall, commencing at 3 o'clock. The Volunteers will have returned from Wei- j lirgton in time to paiticipate in it, and in addition to members of local bodies, the Garrison Band and. Firo Brigade will also take part. The addresses will be short and to tho point, and the hymns will bo appropriate to tho occasion. Hymn sheets will bo distributed to all present. It is hoped there will be a hearty response to the appeal for further funds for the contingent.

WANGANUI'S SPECIAL CONTINGENT. The Mayor thi.« morning received the following splendid patriotic offer from Robert Kilpatrick Simpson, jiui., Huntomlle. — "I offer myself, my own lioise, and £20 in cash to equip myself." The Mayor this morning waited upon Mr Buxton, of the Railway Department, and also on Mr J. F. M'Beth, chief postmaster, and urged that the railway employees subscriptions to ihe Patriotic Fiynd, and those of the Post and Telegraph Department should go to the local Patriotic Special Contingent Fund. The Mayor explained that when the above funds were inaugurated it was prior to tho Premier's suggestion that Wanganui should equip its own Contingent, and it was but reasonable that the employees of the above departments should now ask that their subscriptions should join with the subscriptions of their fellow citizens in. the grand local patriotic effort. Wangaiwi is receiving applications from men from Palmerston to New Plymouth, and anyone within those limits may fairly reciprocate in assisting to equip them. - ' ' '/Tlios'e ha\ing Jiorses to sell or donate are -requested to "Napi, iiapi," as the Maoris say. ' ' * The handsome donations by Mr Poison of I£ls and .£2O by the Hon. J. Brvce we have no douUt will be largely followed by their fellow settlers. Hortes would be even more acceptable than money. Mt Spriggpns, the President of the Cosmopolitan Club, handed the Mayor this morning their first subscription of J2lOO, part from concert and part from funds of the Club. ' Mr Spriggens also, handed the Mayor hia own cheque for £100, in terms qf lus challenge on iho plattorm last night to the anonymous caiping critics who had so unfairly, tho Club considers, criticised thtir action. The offer is open to Monday night.

A YOUNG BRITISHER'S DONATION The Mayor this morning received the following letter- — Wangamii, January 19, 1900. The Mayor of Wanganui. Dear sir.— l was at the mass meeting the other night, and heard the Bey G,