THE SYDNEY CONTINGENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 84, 12 March 1885, Page 3

THE SYDNEY CONTINGENT.

i (Per s.s. Tarawera at Auckland.) 1 (united prkss a.s?ociation. j J I ' Sydney, March 5. ! It is estimated that the dSparture of the troops must have been witnessed byf "neai'ly 200,000 persons. Everything was well arranged, aud there was ti» | delay. Indeed, so.^prornptly , did tlie j transport get' awiyiha^ four or^fivo mei^ who lagged behind to say a. last farewell .were. lext.behi.iid.Theptoceßsioq^ through, the streets was well carried out, a'nd"^re?sented an-, imposing spectacle. The Hon. Mr Dalley, who rode "m the Gojvernor's carriage^ was, next to the con?tingent, the he'ro'bf the occasion, and came.in for,liberal applause. The pruab :at tjie quay was^verygreat^ arid, several . persons. .were injured^ A boy fel).through ;a,skyligbt, a distance s of 50f t, and was skilled, but, the .most serious accident dpcured leaving the ; Heads, where tbfe steamer Nemesis, crowded with people, got fpulpf the Iberia. Two wpmep were killed and ono child injured.. One of the women was watching her husband at the time on board the trooop ship and holding up the cb.ild for him, to. see, when the crash came aud the' woman, 'was Crushed- to death. ''Several" 'others were also injured, aud rather : .severely. | The day was. fine, aud the harbor was: | literally covered with steamers.' ' ; At the open-air meeting of the laboring classes, a voto of censure .was passed on the Govtsrument. ,, There is some opjpositipn, bu.t the* majority' of opinion is; - favor of th.« success or" tht> expedition.' i In % a case -\\rhich came beforehiminChara-. bors,j Judges Fiiwcettjisaid he wpuld n6t . pff§r any. opinion on the action '6f"~th>._. ■Gbvernineait m sending the expedition ; except from a legal stand-point/ aud " to liis wind, ft was quite clear that the Go-' voruor, V^efpre enlisting an ariwy ' force, ,' must have the authority of the Parliament to. enable him to do so the Legisla- , ture al'oue fixiug the number. >

(BY ijSLECTBIC. •TBLEGBAPH.— COPYBIGHT.) I SPKCIAJi TO TINITED PRESS ASSOCIATION,] London, March 10. One million has been voted for the Souda' a expedition. j '■■ Th« advance from Suakim commences: on M onday; ' • ' .:<'. Tfc ie Goyernment are wavering m their deqi' sion as to whether they should dndea- irour.to destroy the Mahdi. ; I jord Derby has forwarded a despatch to ' Lord Augustus Loftus, in .'Vhich. he sti ttes thatilie was surprised at the quickn«>ss displayed m organising the New S onth Wales pontingent, and also at the railitary efficiency of the men. He ,also -"recognises the public and private liberal;ity shown m the ma.tter.