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Parades for the Manchester Rifles during November are published today. Mr E. Johnston, formerly of the Palmerston North Rifles, has been offered a lieutenancy in the Wanganui City Rifles. Private J. Turner has been offered a similar position.
Sir Henry Lock visited Auckland for a few hours on Saturday last. The vice-regal party were received by a body guard of volunteers under Lieut. Col. Stepherd. At the next parade of the Manchester Bines the names of several recruits will be submitted for approval. Writing in the Press, " Si ider" says of the Wellington Volunteer officers : —While a few of the offioere are very good and others passably efficient, many are extremely inefficient. There is also a great difficulty in getting officer*, and very few of the right sort can now be induced to undertakithe duties, and the consequence ' ifthe recent accessions to the force in that respect have not' been at al desirable for the good of the service
The result of the paperexaminaitioii of Lieut's Isherw6od< and- Royle; arfnot'yet mrde public?,'^ufc#^§artjb,oth officers, have obtai el t.e" io x iiired number to passj 60. .per _«ent.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 50, 15 October 1889, Page 2
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