NEW ZEALAND ITEMS.
Wellington, March 35. Colonel Porter has cabled to the Government stating that all the wounded New Zealanders are doing well. ** In view of the controversy which took place , regarding the relative merits of the North and South Island horses in the Eighth Contingent, the following cabled report from the Imperial Remount Officer at Durban to Lord Kitchener is interesting. ," Th« North Island Regiment landed with 55T horses, having lost nine on the voyage. The horses are a very good stamp of cavalry horse, with substance and. quality, and are in excellent condition. In looks this is as good a mounted' corps as we have in South Africa.The South Island Regiment landed 514 horses, having lost eight on the voyage* These horses are light of bone and verylong in the back j neither can thfejr condition compare with that of the* North Island horses."
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 75, 1 April 1902, Page 2
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