The Ninth Contingent
I>unei>w, February 21. was soma'unpleasantness at thfe Ninth'J>iiitiu^ t ,)t camp yesterday when soma niembi'--s of the returned contingents w«r« brought before an officer ifc command for signing a memorial to tIA Eight lion. Seddon as Defence Ministel settings'it that in the opinion of thl memorialists more commissions in "tlrfc Ninth b« given to thv. niMishcn of roturnod contingents (jualr. lied to act as orth:ers. T-is breach S: discipline w as ~(. „.,.-e will have lo into more fully at* later si ago. February 25. A special train with 190 horses for thfc N T inth Contifigent arrived co-day, ant there are now sufficient to horse th;f> : »q'iadrona. The total numbcrin camp i»" 459. The Dunedin Presbytery today agrtr4: to the ftppomtment of tlie %R Dutton jw chaplain for the Ninth Coo'tin«ent, and resolved to make arrange mnnts to fid the-Gavertham vacaJoy faring his ahsenc«. Auckland, February 25. Before leaving "for the south to-da* SirJoocph Ward briefly addressed thi men of the Niiith Cinlingent, aii expte.sed the hope th*t they woult" f<dlo'w tlwgoorl example set by -previoui New Z*aln d contingents.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 171, 27 February 1902, Page 1
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183The Ninth Contingent Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 171, 27 February 1902, Page 1
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