Volunteer Items
The Manchester Riflea are reminded of the parade to-night. There are two elegibte recruits to be proposed for election. Captain Hall, of the Palmerston North Bides has passed a successful examination. A ball given by the 53rd Battalion at Sherbrooke, near Quebec, had an interesting incident associated with it. Lieut. Shea, aged 98 years, a Waterloo veteran, opened the dancing dressed in full-dress uniform and wearing his Waterloo medals. Shortly after the arrest of Edward Holden, formerly quartermaster in the Eoyal Engineers, charged with attempting to learn secrets regarding the British defences at Gibraltar, it was discovered j that be had sold France full particulars and plans of all the defences at Malta. Military examiner : " What must a man be to be buried with military honors ? " Recruit ; " Dead."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18920428.2.23
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 129, 28 April 1892, Page 2
Word Count
130Volunteer Items Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 129, 28 April 1892, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in