The Eighth Contingent.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 161, 4 February 1902, Page 3

The Eighth Contingent.

FAREWELL SPEECHES; ;

A TENTH PROPOSED.

Auckland, February 1. i

The northern seotioh'of the Eighth •contingent received an enthusiastic send-off to;Say. The weather was perfect, and the f auction 'was witnessed j by enormous crowds. ? ’ Farewell ( speeches were delivered by the Mayor, the Premier, General Babington and. Colonel Davies. Tho; s Prejmier «aid ( that there might feeling# between Auckland Agd, Wellington in some things, but A# wgwSMpatch of troops and to the welfare of the Empire they were unanimous. After the,; Niflth, Gontingent had been despatched the equip-: ment of a Tenth Contingent wotfld be; commenced, though he hoped‘it would. not be necessary to solid it. It was only by pouring in .‘troops that the war.oould be brought to a-close. . Omu3TCiiaa,CH, January 81, i Mr R...H. ai.)lyi4. M.H.il., who‘ goes to Souih ‘Africa as an:-officer of the Eighth Contingent, has b jen com.plitneutod qu,hi# diririojl 50 80 many meetings in ihe ■Ellesmere' Electorate. Soiiie hf-'tHe, meetings voted'unanimously -iit granting him , leave of absence -from'-hi®. Parliamentary duties, but mist of them leave *it, to himself Whether he will: resign or not. In any case the feeling seems to ( be that en his return hie -seat Will be ( secured. ■ . , , February 2. j It is officially announced that the I southern division of the Eighth Contingent leaves ’Lyttelton nest Saturday. 1 AsHBURTOt?, An enthnsiastic send-off W.is given jo 14 member# of ithe Eighth 'Cowtiin- ■ gent from this district. A luncheon war held, and addressee were given by the Mayor and members of Parliament. The local volunteer corps, the Rifles f and Guards, escorted the troops, . mounted, to the railway utation, where a great crowd farewelled them.