DEATH OF HAROLD BOOTH.
PLUCKY ACT BY A NEW ZEALANDER.
Sydney, Feb. 19.
News from a special correspondent writ ing from Slingersfontein gives the follow ing account of the death of Trooper Harold Booth, of New Zealand : — During a temporary respite of hostilities the Boer artillerymen took the opportunity to place a Creusot gun in such a position as to com mand the plain five miles north and north east of our camp, and their first shot, admirably aimed, burst right round a knot of men standing round the charger of General Clement, who was directing opera tions. Troopers Booth and Culling, of the New Zealand contingent, were the general's orderlies for the day, the latter holding his horse, while Booth had charge of Lieut. Chaytor's mount. The missile struck the ground at Booth's feet, killing him almost immediately. The same shell knocked Culling insensible, and wounded four or five horses bo severely that the poor brutes ( had to be shot. Booth, strange to say, made his will the day before, Culling being one of the witnesses. His body was laid beside other New Zealanders on a kopje at the back of the camp.
