JOTTINGS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6709, 30 May 1900, Page 2

JOTTINGS.

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:Mr Steyn counted forty-three Boers lying heaped together in one trench, kilted by the rifles of 6he Highlanders whoso bodies w;ere-also clustered near JUSt as they had been shot down. The women of the Buller district, says the West Coast Times, purpose making assentation of a white casket to Sir m/m G White, the defender of Ladysnmh. It is decribed as being a beautiful piece of work, reflecting the highest credit on the designer. The casket, which is of silver, with a handsome solid gold horseshoe on the top, and a greenstone shamrock set in the midst, is very chaste, and bears the following in- • scription on the face :—" Presented to I Sir George Stewart "White, G.C B ' G. 5.0.1., G.C.1.C,, V.C., by 650 women m the Buller district. New Zealand, as a memento of your gallant defence of Ladysmith, during the Transvaal War. —Westport, March lst ; 1900." On the reverse side there is a neatly engraved "Rose, Shamrock and Thistle" placed between fancy gold pillars. The inside is lined with red plush. The horseshoe is made of Waimangaroa gold.