The New Zealand Contingents at the Front.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 107, 12 February 1901, Page 3

The New Zealand Contingents at the Front.

Wellington, Feb. 8. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has communicated with the Government, asking whether it is intended to send -any further contingents to fill up the losses in the ranks of the New Zealanders, and if so, when ? The Premier has also received a further communication from the New Zealand officers at the front, from which it appears that there is a general feeling that the men who have been there, twelve months ought to be permitted to return, and that others should be sent to take their places. The Fourth and Fifth Contingents volunteered to serve until the end of the war, or for twelve months. The war is not yet over, and the twelve months will expire in March. The question will be considered by the Cabinet on Monday. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has cabled to the Premier, stating that the Surgeon-General in

South Africa has asked that four additional medical officers should be sent with the contingents from Australia and New Zealand. Mr Seddon has communicated with the Premiers of the other colonies, suggesting that they should appoint three medical officers, and New Zealand should appoint the fourth. He is awaiting their replies before taking further action.