TEMUKA NO. 1 VOLUNTEER COMPANY.

Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 131, 22 March 1879, Page 2

TEMUKA NO. 1 VOLUNTEER COMPANY.

We have been requested by the membeis of the above corps to republish the following report of Major Withers' inspection, also the following letter of condolence, together with the accompanying lines at the foot of the letter :—■ The above corps was inspected on Saturday, March 8, in the Volunteer Hall, by Major Withers. The company was commanded by Captain Young, Lieutenants Finley and White and Sergeant-Major Morgan being also present. Major Withers, in addressing the company after parade, romarked that although lie could not say they had done well, they had shown good drill, and had done much better than he expected, considering the number of recruits that were amongst them. He also complimented the officers on the able manner they respectively put the company through their different evolutions. After inspection a general meeting was held, when six new members wevs sworn in, bringing the strength of the company up to sixty. A letter was read by Captain Young from Major Macl'orse, inviting the officers and company to take part in the demonstration to be held at Invercargill in April. He said that free passes would be granted by rail, and that 15s would be allowed to each, man foT expenses. It is expected that aboub twenty representatives from this comoany, with their officers, will be able to accept. It was proposed and carried that a letter of condolence be sent to the widow of the late Sergeant-Major Kerr, to be signed by the officers in the name of the Temuka Volunteers. That the thanks, of the company be sent to Mr and Mrs Wheelband for the kiud manner in which they conveyed the deceased from the scene of his accident to the hotel where ho died ; and to Mrs Heap for her kind and gratuitous attention to the sufferer before his death ; and to Mrs an! Miss Kerr during their stav at her hotel. A subscription list for the widow was then opened, towards which each member present contributed. A vote of thanks was passed to S-Tgont Pw. Smith for extra work done by him to the target. Leave of absence was granted to Color-Sergeant Coria, who is about, to take a trip. Temuka, March 18, 1879. To Mrs Kerr. - . Dear Madam,— I am desired by the officers, and the whole of the members of No. 1 Company, Temuka Kifie Volunteers, to express to you their heartfelt sympathy for the sad loss of your late respected husband, and I can assure you in him we have lost a sincere friend, and yon, we know, have lost a kind husband ; and' we, the members of this company, be»- that you will accept tiie enclosed cheque for L2Q 13s 6d, submitted by them as a token of their sympathy. I am. dear madnm, For the Company, J. A. Youjtg, Captain No. 1 Company, T.S.V,