Tne ' Bast Indian Railway Volunteers itf" no;w the largest VolunteerV organisation ih the- 'country, numbering 951 lniembers, grouped into 15 companies and 26 detachments, and it has ' 24 rifle ranges. Ito drill a^d instructive purposes, the line, atiout 1500 miles long, is divided into 12 districts,, each m charge of a fully qualified sergeant instructor.""- ' y t L>^ t . The greatest trigonometrical operation 'ftTeryetattempted^ the junction of 'tDteS^pan- . ish and Algerian triarigulations, is about to be undertaken. The Spanish engineers are posted at Sierra Nevada and Mount the French' at Fillaussea,, near Nemours, and Ben Sabra, near Oran. The latter; •it is expected, will be headed by |Comm*nder Perier, of the Bjuxeau of I<ongifcud? v
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 33, 5 March 1879, Page 2
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