VOLUNTEER NEWS.
The Taranaki Rifles held their usual inspection parade night, whea their wss a fair muster. Captain .V'.ston, on heh»lf of tin c:rps pressed Lieu'ennnt Hooker (who hastesigned h : 8 commission) with a silvermounted liscuit birrel. Lieutenant Hooker suitably replied. Mr Hooker has beer, a member of the Taranaki Rifles, with on) break of two years • (which he put in wuh the Victoria j Rifl-s), sines 1876, and it is onlyowiDg to his removal to ano.her part of the colony thatj hi is severing his connection with tee corps. | Tho twolocalcompanies have received | a grant of .£lO each for c'ass firing in ; lieu, apparently, if the old voll.y firing ; prize. It is reported that tho Taranaki Rifles lose on account of Lieutenant Ok'ey, owing to his absence at Bisley. This is not cilculat«d, if tru a , to encourage good shooting. Referring to tie Bisley team, it will be seen that Lieutenant Okey fully justified his claim to inclusion in the first 10 best shots in the co'ony, by getting into ninth place in the aggregate at Trentham list we?k.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 65, 17 March 1903, Page 4
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180VOLUNTEER NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 65, 17 March 1903, Page 4
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