Returning Troops.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, Saturday. Tho s.a. Mararoa, with 215 Otago and Canterbury members of the Tenth Contingent, arrived at Lyttelton this morning. Captain Fookos was in charge. The men landed at Lyttolton without official welcome, but woro met by tho Mayor and sovcral councillors and Colonel Webb, and woro briefly wolcomed at Christchurch station. About 60 men went South by tho express this morning. From an interview it appears that about 60 men from tho wholo brigado aro remaining permanently in South Africa, and others aro intending to return. Wellington, last night. Tho troopship Britannic, with Northern details aboard, sailed last evening (or Auckland,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 493, 4 August 1902, Page 3
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107Returning Troops. Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 493, 4 August 1902, Page 3
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