Volunteer Items

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 39, 17 September 1892, Page 2

Volunteer Items

There was a very good muster of the Manchester Rifles in the Assembly Booms on Thursday night. Lieutenant Kirton was in command. \ The inert were exercised in manual and firing exercises by the non-commissioned officers, and afterwards some company movements were executed very creditably. After parade a letter was read,from r Mr C. Q. Montrose, soliciting the patronage ,of ther t officers, non-commissioned -officers, : anal inebmb his lecture to be held; next Tuesday, and a number of them fcrdmised to be present on that interesting l occasion. It was suggested that as the Assembly Boom was so much better adapted for doll purposes, owing to greater .space than the Barrack room, some arrangement be made to hold the parades in the former regularly. It is probable the subject will be discussed at a meeting of the corps at an early date. • . The corps will be inspected by Colonel Fox next Thursday, when every man must be present. Mr Montrose paid a high compliment to the corps. He said the Manchester Rifles were the biggest and best set np volunteers he had seen for many a day. Major Sommerville has received a letter from Lieut.-Colonel, Hume, wfcrming him that, to save co.nfu.spn ,an.d to. pre* Vent mistakes, it has been 'decided that the 200 rounds of Martini-Henri ammunition which is to be granted free by the Government : to each, competitor proceeding to Sydney shall,, in thekfirst place,' be issued only on payment being made for it and the money so paid Will 1 be refunded to competitors on %e,ir , embarking, for Sydpey* \ '„„» (.'.' : " f y • . ' * i