TROOPS FROM THE COLONIES.
Brisbane, September 14
In the Assembly Mr Dawson objected to the proposal to send troops to the Transvaal. He said the Premier should consult Parliament before offering to send volunteers there. The Labour party, he said, would re« solutely resist any proposal for the payment of men volunteering for service in the Transvaal.
(by telegraph.—press association). Wellington, Last Night.
A number of volunteer officers in Wellington has discussed the question of t|ie udvisableness of offering to raise a detachment in Wellington for service in South Africa, and has decided that there is no necessity to take steps in that direction just at present. The opinion was expressed that if war broke out no difficulty would be found in raising a corps of at lcjst 200 trained men.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 488, 16 September 1899, Page 2
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