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— «. The Dpfence Minister is at the present time considering proposals for the reorgaßiisation of the voluntper fon-e. and expects to bring down his scheme for that purpose early in next session. It will bo gratifyine to our citizen soldiers to learn that the Hon. Mr Fergus has the interests of the service so much at heart that he intends to have the capitation allowance in creased to as near the amount from which it was recently reduced as financial exigencies will allow. — Post. . The Manchester Rifles will parade for inspection to-morrow evening. An extraordinarily good score was recently made by Sergeant Grant, of C Company Ist Queenslanders. in the annual class-firing of the company on the Brisbane range. In the regulation 60 shots he scored no fewer than 214 out of a possible 240 points, there not being a miss or an " outer" in the whole number.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 25, 9 August 1888, Page 3
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