PARCELS FOR NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.
The New Zealand Express Company in Wellington have received a letter from Mr H. C. Pilcher, agent at Capetown, for the South British Insurance Company, which gives some interesting information with re ference to the consignment of parcels for warded for the First Contingent per the steamer Waiwera on the 20th January. Some. time, ago the l-bqyress Company's agents wrote that they had got de li very of the cases from the Wai- Wera, and handed them.-over to the War Office official in charge -of tiw depart ment for the distribution of such ar ticles, but they oouH .nut J>e ; Ittriwarded at the time owing to i>pesvsur& on the railways. Mr Pilcher -writes,'. mtdnv daft 11th April, saying tiiifc he. fed, : ihen ofti cial information thai they -h:vd. forwarde* to Bloemfontejsi on the 22nd March. H< remarks i— , '! hear since fthi-y have stuck iip at NorvaTs Ptmt pw'mg to tin bridge being bit) vnx tip by the Boats, but they, will Hll.:t>» mm?,' , ;, Evi dently his ptpdictibn iva? "fully justified (remarks the "Post"), as a te%rnm from Major Robin stated that he had received ten cases of comforts from New Zealand. Mr Pilcher, ever since the .arrival of tkf New Zealand Contingents at the Cape. lia« shown great khiduewi and energy in doing whatever ho could to look after the pack ages for the troopers, and regularly visits the invalids at the hospital.
CAPTAIN HAYHURST INVALIDED.
