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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 232, 25 April 1861, Page 1

I ' jxofice* I Militia Office, Wanganui, • April 10 tli, 1861. attention of Persons resident witliin illg. , LL ingnyu. mnu.m. nimti, "v > i.~ tc.. ». serve in the Wanganui: Regiment of Militia, I‘is-particularly called to Sections Nos. 2,6, 7, - and 17', of: the New Militia Act, 3rdNovem--3 ber, 1860. V ■ “11. Regulations to be made by the Governor,. under Section 5 of the said Act, shall contain as follows, or to the like effect, that is-to say,. « . Every. Militia District l shall be divided into so many Divisions as the Governor shall think fit, .aiuUhe Militiamen resident in such Division shall he formed into a Battalion or. Company. | , Each Battalion or. Company, shall be divided into three classes;.. the first class shall consist %f all unmarried men and all widowers without children, between the ages of 16 years and 40 1 , years, both inclusive, who shall be called First. • Class Service men; the Second Class shall ! consist, of all married men and widowers with children, between the same ages,..who shall be n .called Second,Class Service men; and theThird Class shall consist of all men between the ages of;40 years and 55 years, who shall „ be called the Reserve men. J VI Sect ion .X of the “Militia. Act, 1858” is hereby repealed and.in lieu thereof: Be it ; enacted that every man except as hereinafter excepted between the ages of sixteen years and fifty-five years being a British subject and not ;an Aboriginal Native who shall reside within ie the Colony, shall be liable to serve in the Militia : Provided that, the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Executive Council of the Colony, Members of. the. General Assembly, Superintendents of Provinces,-.Members of Provincial ! Councils during /Session,..Clergymen, Priests, Ministers of ZJeligion, Catechists, and also persons afflicted with lunacy or unsouudness y : of mind, deafness, blindness, or with any. ' other disease or infirmity that may render 'them unfit lor service (such disease or infirJ ' mity being .duly certified by a Medical Prac-, , titioner appointed 1 by the Governor) shall be from serving on such Militia. VII. /Sections 11 12, 13, and 14 r of the : said Militia are hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, be it enacted that, The Senior Officer of every Battalion or • . Company or any other Commissioned Officer I appointed by him, shall enrol all the men • liable to serve therein, and any man who a shall not within three months after his becom- • ing liable to serve, give in his name, age, and > place of Residence, to such Officer in order to be enrolled, shaiL forfeit any sum not ex-

ceeding £5. XVII. Provided always that nothing in; this Act contained shall-apply to any Battalion or Company of Militia already enrolled j, under the said Militia Act, 1858, until the Governor shall, by warrant under his hand, , have declared the same to be applicable, and such W arrant shall have been published in a Newspaper circulating in. the Militia District to which such Company belongs.” An Officer will be in attendance at the Militia Office between the hours of 11 and 1 o’clock every Wednesday and 2’hursday from> this date, until further iVotice;''to enrol Men i : liable to serve in the Militia. And Notice is hereby given that under the power vested in me,, the Senior Officer of the Wauganui -Regiment of Militia, / have appointed Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant, Alfred Boss, of the said 1 Wanganui .Regiment, to enrol all men hereafter liable to serve therein during any absence • of me, the said Senior Officer from Wanganui., ' 7. R. COOPER, Major Commanding Wanganui ! Militia and Volunteers. On Sale 7 yEx JOHN BUNYAN, from LONDON A very Valuable luvoice of Peat's Saddlery. .! The Undersigned particularly draw attem ,: tion to this Shipment. | TAYLOR, WATT & CO,. April, 4 1861. » Notice. > Wanganui, ! 10th //pril, 1861. IN accordance with a Requisition signed by several of the Inhabitants of this Town, a Public Meeting will be held at the Wanga- • uni Hotel oil Thursday, the Second of May next, at noon,' fur the purpose of-taking into consideration the necessity of establishing as Market at Wanganui for all kinds of Live /Stock and Farm Produce generally. ... S: S. R.M..