The Premier has been advised that the War Oilicc has approved of the position of Commander of the Forces in New Zealand being offered to Major-General Uniting ton. He was born in 1801, and has been Assistant-Adjutant General of the Imperial Yeomanry since 1900. He entered the army in 187 ii; was made colonel in 1WIG; served in tho Dccliua naland expedition in IBHI-85, being mentioned in the despatches; was Assistant-Adjutant-Gencral in Punjaub in 1880-99. lie was in command of tho First Cavalry Brigade, South African Field Force, since the commencement of the war, and has been mentioned in despatches. The Premier states that he believes there is every likelihood of General Uabington accepting the posi tion.
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