BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 24 March 1902, Page 2

BOER WAR.

GKNBBAL ITKM&. PER FBKSS AMOCUTIO*. Losdok, March 21. A commando uunucoeeafuUy oro»8 the r til way southwards of Blofm* fontein

Queen Alexandra, in replying to an appeal from the women of Muoioh to use ber influence to stop the immoral, crue', and shameful conduct of British troaps in Sou'h Africa, wrote that the momorial was based on a complete of the fao's, and »he regretted thatib-' meeting of Munich women had loot nu ear to the groundless Blauders againßt a friendly nation. Bbisbank, March 22.

Mr Philp has suggested to Mr Barton tlint. Queensland b*»llow«d to send a whole battalion of 500 with the contingent. The State having a much larger proportion of busbmen than others, Ire considers there will be DO difficulty iu raising the number.

DK WEI AND DILA.KBT TRYING TO JOIN. BeoeWed 28,1.17 p.m. Losdoh, March 22. Boer advices state that De Wet and Dehrey are trying to join in the vicinity of Parys. The announcement that the Com* motiwealth is sending another contingent of 2000 has been reo rive J with the greatest gratification.

Wellington, March 22 The (government is advisrd tbat Trooper J. T. MoKelvi*, of Mateura, Seventh Contingent, is dangerously ill of enteric at Nerval's Font. The Premier wires that the Auckland message ye&torday, stating thai in replyicg to the Ministers' Aaeooution deputation he admitted that the Government had ened in not sending ... chaplains with the early contingents, is not correct. He s»y& it would haft jbeen a violation of the army regula* ' tions to have sent a chaplain with the first seven contingents, because the/ did not consist of more than 500 men, and he told the deputation to. As Defence Minister he embraced the first opportunity of including chaplains with the succeeding contingents. , t Sergeant-Major Malcolm {Nelson), Sixth Contingent, and Private Hedley (Auckland), Seventh, returned by the Paparoa th<s morning.

NEW ZEAL4NDEBB ON THE VILDT. Bugler S'agp.ole, of ihe Sixth Oon tingent, who, it will be nmemberad, went from New Plymouth for tba front, writes cheerfully of their *9h perieoces on the veldt. An showing what the New Zealand em ar», one in* cident related by him is wortb quoting. On one occasion a party of New Zaalanders with another of Hussars, was seot out to get firewood. Bjera were di-jcovei ei to be in' h • locality, and the men were ordered to camp. T»a Hussars, without hesi'aion, >e<uriiad to camp with their w«#f>on« h*lf full of firowood, but the N w Z-uliudeiu we' 6 sett for wood, and triey uieuit. fr) get A. Lowithstaiidiu'jf the el «o proximltj*of * the enemy. Whea they bad their waggons full tboy »uii:-to.j buck lav tbiir uump, atid l>y ««y of r dwurAiua they »ko brought iu a nsob o' bwvfs and a ' few ijinep —mutton being ;it a pr«. rfJum. All this was do.io under tba tit\ of m.o Bosiu Til* *h»ep wara drivdu in a': thb back of th* oaiop, tba 'Sow ZuilanJofK stlncfd wh« s'tatp they requirei, and drove the reminder into the "Toma»i«s" line* for the benefit cf tbdr aoinrudag in arms. The commandeering propeubi iui of the . New Zealafiders, t-trnuge to r*lata, imnjyed bite officer in charge of the coluuiD, oiderei that all tba animals bo brought to him,