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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 144, 2 June 1892, Page 2

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The Manchester rifles will hold a capitation parade pci Thursday the 9th insfc. Italian papers tell of a Neapolitan nobleman who fought 14 duels during bis lifetime in defence of hiß assertion that Dante was a greater poet than Ariosto. As he lay on his deathbead a short time ago he took pleasure in acknowledging that he had never read the works of either writer. A press wire from "Wellington states that when Lord Glasgow arrives salutes will be fired from all the shore batteries and H.M.S. Bingarooma, while the latter^ blue jackets and marines will be landed to take part in the demonstration of welcome. The Education Board have been asked to declare a half holiday, so that the school children can take part in the procession. The Permanent Artillery and Volunteer forces will be called out by the Defence Department. Although Lord Glasgow is understood to be a Freemason having been initiated in the Lodge under the Irish Constitution abroad, it is not probable that the Masonic body will take any part in the public reception. Sergt. Mcßean, of Wellington, wins the Government Gold Medal for the best shot in the North Island with 6o points; Bombardier Brown, A. Battery, Auckland, second, 88 ; Sergt. Okey, of Wellington, third 87. Wellington has been twice first in three years.