REINFORCEMENTS.
A THOUSAND HORSES FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. LONDON, January 20. The Eighth Division hae been ordered to mobilise at AYdcrshot immediately. It includes tho 2nd Grenadier Guards and the 2nd Scots Guards. SYDNEY, January 21. Tho Hon. J. Chamberlain has cabled to Mr Lyuo accepting Iho ofl'or of a Bushmen's Contingent, ftnd stating that a troopship will be sent from tlys Cape to convey them to South Africa. Major Thompson, Imperial Remount Officer, ships 1000 New South Wales horses for tho army service in South Africa next month. Tho Premier received a cable requesting transports to" call at Durban or Port Elizabeth for orders. The vessels were feo instructed, except the Southern Cross, which went direct. The Surrey sailed last night.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9945, 22 January 1900, Page 2
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