THE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 607, 20 December 1871, Page 2

THE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE.

We hear from our corresponded < the Thames, that Walter accepts ChS ; •' challenge to fire for £1000, conditiS' that the match takes place in AnnU X' or at the Thames. Au<*laud, A full meeting of No 3 companv'A "d tt was held at the Belfast Hotel last even Lieutenant Harrison occupied thp t!^' The object of the meeting was to mT some expression of sympathy «>« klu i» of Captain Clark, who met with w 1 • dent with his horse some time hi r nfv' members unanimously agreed i[v ball to Captain Clark on his recc '• 6 j a committee was appointed toawJ/SA^ preliminaries. The chairman took th opportunity of thanking the members for the honor conferred upon him by appoint ing him their lieutenant. He theni p re " sented them with a massive gold ring as a prize to be fired for at an early date. A letter was received from Mr Henr Eissling, tendering his resignation as ensij-n of the company. The matter was referred to a committee.

There was a muster of over twenty members of the A.E.. Brigade at Mount Eden Kange this morning, under the command of Captain Batger. Class firing was on the whole good, it being a splendid morning and scarcely any wind.

The following gives the number of members of the Auckland Bine Brigade who have passed into the 2nd Class up to date :—No 2 Company, 9 members; ]STo 3 Company, 11 members; No 4 Company 3 members ; No 6 Company, 4 members! Every other member of the different Companies should qualify themselves to pass into the 2nd Class as early as possible.