Volunteer Intelligence.
(UNITED PRESS, ASSOCIATION.) i ■-.-.- ■,'■, .■:•-■. ; Nelson, Monday, j The yoluuteers of the Nelson district were inspected on Saturday by Sir George iWhitmore. The' weather, was glorious, and ; each, of the six , companies mustered exceedingly well- In all there were 320 Volunteers on parade, and all absent 5 were accounted for as^ absent from 1 the place or raickv Lieutenant-r Colonel Pitt and Major Webbwpie m ia command, and- in atlditipii, .to 'mgxyh■ing past and performing movements the. force .wa,s 'put : thirqu^Jl/Jh'e manual, and bayonet' 1 exercise. ' Sir^G. .Whitinore couiplimented : the meni^ lipop their remarkable muster, and'> expressed the opinion that the Nelson battalion was fully equal ,to any he had seen; r "VSfith the College Cadets he was especially iwell pleased.. This was the first cadet corps he has inspected. [ Sir.George' lea'^e'sfQr Blenheim on Tuesday next, having rdef erred his visit to the West Coast "till later on m the season. ' : ! (- : A. \
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1485, 20 October 1885, Page 4
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153Volunteer Intelligence. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1485, 20 October 1885, Page 4
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