THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.
(Received 0, 9.30 a.m.) Adelaide, March 6. A movement is afoot for sending a gentlemen's corps to South Africa, to be self-supporting. . Itecuived <•, 10.25 p.m. Sydney, March 6. There is remarkable enthusiasm and a "reat rush of volunteers for the new Bushmen's Contingent in all the colonies. Locally several hundreds have applied to be enrolled, and so rushed the officers' quarters that a file of soldiers had to keep them at bay. Tho Bushmen's Fund totals £30,500.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 52, 7 March 1900, Page 3
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80THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 52, 7 March 1900, Page 3
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