VOLUNTEERING.
A serious loss has fallen upon our Volunteers in the destruction by fire, on Thursday last, of their three orderly rooms. The origin of the fire will, no doubt, remain a mystery, although there are many conjectures as to the cause. The rooms were built out of the funds of each company, and it is to be regretted that no insurance was effected thereon, and especially so considering the dangerous nature of the adjoining premises, viz.—a blacksmith s shop and shoeing forge. Thinking of the tardy support accorded by the present Government to the Volunteer movement, it is questionable if much assistance from that nuarter will be gained towards re‘construction TrooL It would seem also that the drill shed is to be allowed to fall to pieces. A few repairs thereto are urgently required, or it will not long remain to answer the purpose for which it was built. There is a lack of all reason in allowing such a fine building to fall to pieces, when the expenditure of a few pounds would keep it in good order. As part of the public property, and as a building more likely to bo required each year, it is incumbent upon the Government to maintain it in good order. Surely something can be done to save such a valuable properly. Without good assistance from the Government how is
our Volunteer Force to be maintained, and of what use is it to spend thousands of pounds on the importation of cannon unless we have a well trained force to use them. It is a subject about which much may bo said, and one of vital importance to ourselves. The remedy is, perhaps, in the hands of the Volunteers. How it shall bo worked is for them to decide,
The Interprovincial match will bo fired this afternoon. Particulars have already been duly notified.
The Canterbury competitors and the Otago contingent arrived from Nelson on Monday in the s.s. Taiaroa. Considering that the Otago team contains the leading shots at the Nelson meeting, it is to be hoped that the Canterbury men will muster strongly for the Interproviueial, and place the second match to their credit.
Fair weather seems probable, and if obtained some excellent scores will be the result.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1586, 20 March 1879, Page 2
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377VOLUNTEERING. Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1586, 20 March 1879, Page 2
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