THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.
THE REPORTED SLAUGHTER Of'tUß * VIOTORUNS. (ReoeWed 88, 9.50 a.m.) Bbibbanb, February 28, The swearing-in of the Third Contingent is completed. Milbouku, February 21. The Premier, in reply to enquiries regarding the initials of certain killed and wounded, hai received t measafe < from Sir Alfred Milner, Oovernor of Oape Colony. The message oontataa no mention of a second disaster to fcbsi ' Victorians. The Defenoe Department
accept this as almost conclusive proof that The Times' correspondent's refer-,? ence to the galltnt stand of the Tietoiians referred to Eddy and those who fell with him at Rensburg last week, and not to any fresh losses.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 45, 24 February 1900, Page 3
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