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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 330, 21 January 1911, Page 5

Lord Dundonald was fifty-eight years old last month. Few soldiers of his age have seen more service, for he shared in Stewart's famous dash for Khartoum in 1885, and has been fighting on and oft' ever since. It was Lord Dundonald who volunteered for that desperate ride across the desert which brought the news of the death of Gordon and the fall of Khartoum, and it will bo remembered that it was he who led the final advance into Ladysmith during the South African War. Lord Dundonald is one of the Representative Peers for Scutland, and is the grandson of that celebrated Admiral Cochrane who smashed Napoleon's fleet in the ifasque roads in Jt-'Ofi. Lord Cochrane was badly treated by his ov.'n country, and his energies were subsequently directed to liberating Gnili and i'eru-—where his name is still a household word —and to the service of L'razil. His last service was performed on behalf of the Greek Navy against the Turks in l^Je. A young man named West, a settler at Aria, had a somewhat nasty accident on Tuei-cUiy Jain. When riding ho wus thrown from his horse and severely shaken. Alter receiving medical attention he was able to return home.