Fire Brigade Sapper.
At the supper given by .his Worship the Mayor, (Alex Ferguson, :Esq), to th'i merriners of .th?'' Fire Brigade, all present thoroughly, enjoyed themselves ; and if the hejirty way iii which they I drank the hValth of : their worthy host, and that of bis wife and family — with musical honors too, is any criterion, then there could be no- better evidence, ot the TedpßCt and esteem m which he inlieid. 'I'he Bp' eches mado were all good And. apropos, as also the recitations: and songs* With the toast of " Our next merry meeting," aud the singing of " Auld Lar.g Syne,!' a really enjoyabl*' nrnning concluded. The catering was I entrusted- to 'Hqst< Walkley, at whose ..establishment the gathering was held, and it is needless to say the spread was as usual of the very beat ideHßriptioni
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 4
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139Fire Brigade Sapper. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 4
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