LORD ROBERTS'S PRAISE OF THE COLONIALS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 April 1901, Page 4

LORD ROBERTS'S PRAISE OF THE COLONIALS.

New Zealanders Speoially Mentioned. London, loth February. Last Friday’s issue of the London Gazette contained the following statement by Lord Roberts, addressed to the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the operation in the Orange Free State during the present South African war:—Lord Roberts wrote—“ The various contingents from Australia and Now Zealand and * from Ceylon, the several corps which have been formed locally in the Cape Colony, and the City of London Imperial Volunteers, have vied one with the other in the performance of their duty. They have shared with the regular troops of Her Majesty’s Army the hardships and dangers of the campaign in a manner which has gained for them'the respect and admiration of all who have been associated with them. I trust that your Lordship will concur with me in considering that by their valour and endurance the soldiers and sailors serving in the force which is under my immediate command have worthily upheld the best traditions of Her Majesty’s Army and Navy. ” The Now Zealand officer who enjoys the distinguished honour of being mentioned in this important despatch is Colonel A. W. Robin, of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry.