THE LAST DAY AT OBINGI.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1752, 17 May 1913, Page 5

THE LAST DAY AT OBINGI.

MOUNTED MEN'S CAMP. (By Tolosrraph.—Spcoial OorrosDondnnW Oringi, May IG. The last day of nctivo training for thu Wellington Mounted liif'o Bngodo broko bright and clear, and mado one almost regret that tho country must I presently bo abandoned for tho. streets of tho citv, but this regret did not. Inst long. Willi the swiftness which is peculiar to this region, the summer aspect or tho day changed, nud dark clouds hurried in over the hills. Theso wcro closely pursued by a stiff southerly, and ram fell at intervals throughout, (ho day. This, however, was varied occasionally by a little sunshine. . . . Regimental drill was carried out this morning, .and, this afternoon, the men will receive their pay. Al'tes dinner the men were drawn up in regiments Wore the slalT headquarters. and Lieutenant Muir (2ml Kesiment). Lieutenant Watt (Otl. Kegin.enl), hud Lieutenant Morrison (lith Regiment wera presented with lonff-scrv.ee medals by Colonel Chavtor, Otheer Commanding Ilia Wellington District. The machine-gun detachment got 111 some good practice to-day (or the firs# time since Monday. This lack of practice was caused through their having been out with flie different regiments when on manoeuvres. Four horses are reported to have died during the last few days. Major Young, the brigade veterinary surgeon, stales that,' considering the number of horses in camp (1500 in all), and the particularly severe weather that has been experienced, the horse fatalities hove been extremely light. The value of these horses will bo assessed to-day, and the money paiii over to their owners. Lieutenant i'limmer, of tlio Permanent Staff, is staying- back to look lifter horses which are too ill to travel. About throo or four nro in that stale.

Tlio entraining of troopers, horses, nml hng.Wße commences to-day (Saturday) at •I a.m., and continues till 12 noon, when the last train loaves the fircmml. Mr. Dawson, district inspector, has iho handling of Die ten special trains, olid is bringing in(o use a now card system which ho lias lately invented, and which enables the officers and men to know the exact iw-lir-'iKO, horse, wagons, and carriages vhieli tTioy are to make use of. By" this mean? (rouble and delay arc olv vialed, and consequently the train arrangements move nioro smoothly on, Casual and stflfl' camp is to bo hold hero from May Iff to May 26. In a letter published yesterday on fh» Bible-in-schools question a correspondent:, by an unfortunate typographical error, was mado to refer to the "fear of God" as a "cowardly motive." The words should Jiavo been "fear of gaol." Miss S. J". Kill has been elected snxton nf Croivlnnd Abboy, Lincolnshire, au aj> pointmont. which Ims beeu in (ho Hill I'aipily for 153 yewsa