Volunteer Intelligence.
' ' ' (UNITED PRESS 'ASSOCIATION.) ,.,"■'.' Wellington, Jan. 8. .A conference of adjutants and officers: coininanding the several ' Volunteer districts hi the colony met this afternoon ■Jkl; the Gbverhment Buildings, and , it , is ~ expected their sittings will extend over a „■ week. The conference, which has been •' ■ appointed at the instance of the Defence Department, comprises the following of--1 ' ficers:-^Majo'rs Stapp'.Wanganui; Butts, • Wellington and Napier ; and Shepherd, Auckland ; and Captains Webb, Nelson and Westland; Newell, Canterbury ; and Gordon, Otago and Southland. The 6bject of this conference is to suggest amendments m: the Volunteer Act and Volunteer regulations, m order to make the latter conform to the former as nearly as possible. At present some of the regulations are ultra vires, and it is considered very desirable for the proper working of the force that amendments should be effected m them as well as m the act under which they are framed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 3
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149Volunteer Intelligence. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 3
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