MORE COLONIAL TROOPS.

Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 528, 19 December 1899, Page 2

MORE COLONIAL TROOPS.

MORE MEN FROM NEW ZEALAND. London, December 16. The newspapers recommtml that a hearty welcome should be giveu to auy proposal for further assistance from the Australians and Canadians, aud a wider enrolment of colonial volunteers. The Times commends the generous ardour of New South Wales aud other colonies sharing the Motherlands Imperial spirit. Sydney, December 16.. The Commandant is of opiuion that a second contingent would Le accepted. Hundreds arc volunteering. The Premier has received a cable, stating that the Imperial will accept more troops if offered. Mounted men who ate good shots aud trained, are preferred. They are also expected to bring their own horses. The Commandant will make the necessary arrangements for a second contingent. Preparations for sending the troops are being hurried, and an order has been issued asking well trained mounted men to volunteer by the'2oth. The South Australian Premier replied to Mr Lyne on Saturday that he did not believe an emergency had arisen to justify the sending of further colonial aid, but if the British Government asked for more troops he would consult Parliament so that the colony might be ready loyally to do its part in any Australian movement. Sydney, December 17. New South Wales is preparing to send 600 men, Victoria 500, South Australia aud Tasmania 100 each. The Premier of Tasmania telegraphed to Mr Lyne, stating that he had no uounted men available. Half a squadron of New South Wales Lancers have volunteered. They will

include practically '»« whole of the meu who recently re'ltmed from England. (BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION).

CuuJSTOiit'itoti, fruturday. The Premier has teuehed no defiidte news from the Trail vaul, and refuses to ops'uk *as to a fresh e ntingent before Cabinet meet?.

The feeliug licie is decidedly in favour of sending a contingent, and the < pi-ion is expressed that the men would volunteer readily, provided the regulations wtrouot too stringent. Both morning papers urge the colony to make a substantial sacrifice of money and men in the inU rests of the Empire. The interest in the w-ir has never been keener.

The Herald's Wellington correspondent wired on Saturday:- I learn that the Commandant has informed the defence Department that if it is proposed to raise another contingent for Africa there wid be uo difficulty in getting the men. The population of thu province is thoroughly loyal and m <st of the upcountry newspapers endcrsc the proposal. M»jor Kennedy, at present in Chriatchush, has telegraphed »o the Commandant, off ring himself for South Afiican service. MEDICAL CORPS. Durban, December 15. Sir Wm. MacCornmc and Dr. F. Tievea, surgeon in ordinary to the Duke oi York, have arrived at Frere. A SHARP ENGAGEMENT. Capetown, December 16. On Wednesday the mounted iufantry had a sharp engagement 10 miles cast of the Orange River statu n Thny frustrated a Boer attempt to cut the line of coim uuication at Loutspau Drift. DISAFFECTION SPREADING. Durban, Decembir 15. The disloyalty is sprealing amongst the Dutch iu the Umtuli River, Victoria East, and King William's Town districts (Southeast Cape Colony), and the Loyalists are arming themselves. DEMAND FOR NEWSPAPERS. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION). Wellington, List Night. Twenty-three Traunvial refugees took passage by the D.lphic, most of whom landed at Hobirt. So gnat is the demand for newspapers by the steamers from the Cape, that at Hobart they were offering 2s apiece for tiles, and the vessel was stripped clean of them. —- mmmmmmmm^m