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■'■')'■ .' • ' 1 .... v W \ ■& " I■» The,Manchest» Bjflej i ysl paradetliis evening: .for, inspection, 5 and j to-morrow morning;for.voirey:firing. " 'All armsand accoutrements^: th£ s pri>prt|r u Sf-sn" ! c (Joy 1 ; ernmenf, 'njnsf '":v" On dne' day of : tn&^yeSr'falna^t; eveiiy :^ British regiment, no matter in whatjpa?t of ;? the world it is stationed, has a meeting fop , : athletic sports. Of these. flpoi'ts^echatis those that exoite ,rupat , interast jare tee obstacle races and the tugjof^ war/ 'To the former each regiment' tries !i td* : add some new and original, obstacle. -Competitors are compeUed to' ruii' throngh a windsail, through barrels with theietida knocked out, through about- sis-roVys of nets, over a hurdle, under ; a' n net pegged down rather tight, over a commissariat waggon, alonpr the top of a^treiehednet with very, wide mesh, the ;feei nb^belhg allowed to touch ' the % 'grouh'd, < ; ? qye i j,' Vft second waggon, under a windsdij^uhagr, L over, and again under,' 'a 01ej 'mj(si;l T Jaidl = i close, very near to each tother^andjfiniShi'>K nig wjth arun home, r ;,- V; : ;;-: ;^V' : -:-W . The i; Endampmeiit, .',of^tbje 7,^[<^r^d -^ Rifles'at ;^tli^'haß^r^J in" every way a'sTicb&ssl^ '■; !^?/2 -^^, H ;-\
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 73, 17 December 1891, Page 2
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185Volunteer Items. Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 73, 17 December 1891, Page 2
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