Volunteer Intelligence.
.... «, . : THE DUNEDIN VOLUNTEERS. ' (per united press association. : ; Dunedin, Thursday. y.,.-. The night alarm; to test the celerity with .which the volunteers would' tura out m a sudden emergency, came off at half-past-ten. : The. signal was the firing of two guns and the ringing of the city and suburban .firebells. Within a very few minutes there was a large muster at the Garrison Hall. The Port Chalmers men were, brought to town m a special train, and there was an immense turnout of people. 804 Volunteers paraded —not very far short of the full strength. In the country -districts' 219 Volunteers turned out at their respective railway stations. ;'. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 6, 5 June 1885, Page 2
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