TIMARU.
*. ...■■..-wrM««ft!d-:. jb- ... vbn^hfoday. 1 : r^^' 1 1 ar^e*°^t 10.15. 'JXlie yolutfprs fire]?!* *oykVmse. -flii !iT6iird,;aacl'Chamber of Commerce.„ The b^ft ptt^incjaLdjsjfrwts, and iS'ew Zen\maiii*lWttly£&iWPn»isf;itf ;ttheslaijon;f a; guard: !.Qf;)bQ9,oy.wa? .drawn up in line oiiieifchersidefofUhe stepp. Thp volunteers were under tbjß:rComni?ind{of •Captl ia^HamersleV*an^Lieiifc. IWairdianil '!tWd:icKdfets:iiflder^nawm-n!andfeff.paptiin. Jackson.. The Goveriidt"Bffd> suite were driven in a ( c4rl!ia>![e.'Lattd fouc greys.ti (.aieifcle'siviQrojjjrjßftpjt ;-bj»j|iel > tfos v j i i e^resb|, mentfj.-J^fie^) aßtejßngr.;/ibffie ; 4 ( s>pttjt ? ; !jSef nlinutes, they returned in btttpi^car!to the railway- station,. ihe trail i ( depar;inn{ at 10.35. Timaru town d*9-, played a large amount of"jbuntiDg, con-j spicuqus c ampqKß^ i .which > w»b a white flaif ontnetopf^f^a bHimtey s&taick at Bruce'p' mill, 13^ feet^ high. 6-At the foot of George u's'tr^6~!a rt triumphal arch ' wap t erectedv A witbu the.tWprd .^ Welcome^' 1': ok either side. At the top of the arch, ana on each.rside ofithepaychowei'jp crimsop banners..auspendcd, bearing thej V ;Word!B mduttry, .commerce, and a]so jPTew Zeuland;. tSe ; progress of O.nle^Suy and Oitagjo united." TJader tliese were most splendid, ,of fern, treea f and % foirr sma(lcrs4iaflri«?3 «sus,;>eK<r.«' ■»T;. ionr* poles. The railway^ vJ^fe^B if If clerred of k\U btt; tbo^e^ iniHtea, t'/atfd^ cocoanut matting was place^down. At 10 a.m. the firing of a Eoyal Salute by the Vo, - unteers-.and -.Cadets 1 announced the approach of the. party, and they\|also.fired a, |saj,u^;,on /^eac .Ihe arc|i members of the Fire Brigade with f;he!r engine. r bai- j;aken,.r^,j|!thejjr r rr,p,psitioßi. Grreat disappointment' was expressed at the *hortoeis-.offtbeif isit."! w fi /i >?£
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2983, 6 September 1878, Page 2
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241TIMARU. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2983, 6 September 1878, Page 2
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