The third contingent of men who have volunteered for active ser and who are leaving under the pices of the China Ascociation, left by the P. & 0. 8. Nubis on Tuesday morning. The contingent numbers close upon thirty, and it is expected that it will be supplemented in Hongkong. The men, who left the Customs jetty on the launch Gutzlaff, were accorded a hearty send-off, nearly two hundred persons being on the jetty. The men are from Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientein and Hankow, and have been well provided for on the Nubia.
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