Volunteer Items

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 132, 14 May 1889, Page 3

Volunteer Items

Lieut. Col. A. Lean, of Christchurch, has been gazetted Brevet Colonel in the N.Z. Volunteer Force. Lieut. Col. Butts, has been gazetted to the comraand of the Wairararwi <lis'rict, vice Major Heiiiy Bunuy who retired.

An order has been issued by Lord Wolseley, Adjutant General of the Forces, that staff offi< ers must for the .future write a baud that is easily legible.

It has been arranged to grantprizes this year to the three best shots in the

Manchester Kifluss uccu. tiiug to merit — Ist a gold, 2nd a silver, 3rd a Bronze medal. These will be given .annually.

On Fi-iday morning the 24th inst., the corps will assemble at the Barracks at 8.30 after which they will march to the butts where the two half companies, uuder Lieuis Kirtort and Chamberlain respectivley, will fire for a sweepstake. The men of the two teams wili be chosen after arrival on the ground. Every man wili haye to £re. At the conclusion of the match afeudtjow will he fired in honor of Her Magifitj's lUithflay, and the parade will be dismissed at noon punctually.

Captain Flyger having signified his intention of resigning from the Wanganui City Rifl'B. being about to transfer his business to Wellington, the company are looking round for a ■euccesaor and tiro eligible candidates are spoken of. .

Lord Wantage has just intimated that a team of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia will visit England this jear acd attend the forthcoming meetiug of the National Rifle Association, and engage in matches within thirty miles of London The American riflemen will use their national arm, the Springfield against the Martini Henry. The promotion of Lieutenant Owen Pleasants to be Captain of the Manchester Rifles appears in the Government Gazette of the 9th iastant. Date of Commission 26th October, 1888.