DEPARTURE OF THAMES VOLUNTEERS.

Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 617, 3 January 1872, Page 2

DEPARTURE OF THAMES VOLUNTEERS.

Aftee the Caledonian games had been concluded yesterday afternoon, the Thames Scottish .Volunteers fell in on the left of the grand stand, where they were pr,e : sented with a silver bugle and a volumfe of pipe music by Mrs Captain Fraser, wife of the commanding officer. The gift having been suitably acknowledged, the company marched to the drill shed, where oceans of beer and mountains of bread and cheese had been provided by their brethem-in-arms, the Auckland Scottish. After justice had b<!on clone to the " spread" a number of^ coopJimcnter^f toasts were proposed and daly honored with an intensity ot yoft'-fe/ation at irhiek th^ lunga cf Caledonia as alono aro Then iko ArLilie: : with ib>:^' cadets, uc Hlrt^ineers, in. Tha- .. ??Hot!.'Sh. .-.- J '\ack^,and d'-oiiish, (':;. c "T|':. -Is ii«.J go 2c ; . fore; v!1 n,, 'ir.ij jatu'chcl to the v.-ktrj" ■preceded b.y the ii.no band of !.ho | * vsiJi<- -ry. I'/v a»uai boi^torottS !;;.i_ye-j talking Uien oci.«irred. ci"id the Golilon Croy.]> backed rut, carryiug wifcL. lier t.Ko : greatoi' povlica of U?e TLamec. nse». A , few remninod^ liowcrsr, for the puyposo i of /5,t? audioo i!" fv-Vfoino:.; of pr«c«>utfttioQ ' o^%e'pi'i-se^ tia? s?erjlhtJ ■ tho Friftce of W"ai(?s Thsatrf by s:l^ ;:. Strange to my, fi'eiilxar site ■^Lj.uor rifles, excepting Captain :<^;;.ix of the former, were preaai"; .fur';i»g any of the proceedings referred to above.