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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 235, 16 May 1861, Page 1

JNOtiee. Militia Office, Wanganui, April lOtii, 18p 177 E attention' of Persons resident within JL the Wanganui Militia District,- liable to' serve. in tlio Wanganui .Keghncnt of .Militia,, is particularly Galletl to-. Sections N05.,.2,} Gv 7,and 17, of the New ■ Militia Act,.3rd ber, 1860. • .• ; “11. Regulations to be made by tlie Governor,, under-Section 5 of the said Actj shall contain* provisions as follows,- or to the like effect, that is to say, ; • ' -

; Every Militia District sba'l be divided into so many Divisions as the Governor shall think fit, ami the Militiamen resident in such Division shall be formed intoa Battalion or Company.

Each Battalion or Company shall be divided into three classes ; the first class shall consist of all unmarried men and all widowers without children, between the ages 0f.1.6. years and 40 years, both inclusive, who shall be called First Glass Service men the Second- Glass shall consist of alb mapied men and widowers w’ith children, between the sariie ages,, who .shall , be called Second Class.' Servioe men; and the I Third Class shall consist of all men . between?the ages of 40 years and 55 years,, who shall be called the Reserve mem

VI Section X of the “Militia* Aok 1858’' is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof i Be it enacted that every , man except as hereinafter excepted between the ages of sixteen years and fifty-five years being a Britisii subject, aiid, not an Aboriginal Native who shall reside within 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 Religion,, Catechists,. k and also, persons afflicted with lunacy or unsoundness, of mind, deafness, blindness, or with any. other, disease or infirmity; that may render therar.unfit for,.service; .(such disease mity being'duly certified by a Medical Practitioner appointed by the Governor) shall be.* exempt from serving on such Militia. VII. 11 12,, 13,, and.J.4 ..of the., said are hereby repealed, and ia lieu thereof, be it enacted that, The Senior Officer of every Battalion or Company or any other Commissioned Officer appointed by him, shall enrol all the men liable to serve therein, and any man who shall not within three months after his becoming liable to serve, give in his name, age, and place of Residence, to such Officer in order to be enrolled, shall forfeit any. sum uot ex-' ceeding £5. XVII. Provided always that* nothing im this Act contained shall apply to any Battalion or Company of Militia already enrolled* under the said Militia Act; 1858,-until the Governor shall, by warrant under his ‘hand,, have declared the same..to beapplicabie, and such vVarrant shall have been published iu 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 Thursday from this date, until further iVotice; to enrol Men liable to serve in the Militia. And Notice i 3 hereby given that under the power vested in ine, the Senior Officer of the Wanganui Aegiment of Militia, I have appointed Lieutenant and. Acting Adjutant, Alfred Itoss,. of the said /Fanganui /fegiment, to enrol, all men hereafter liable to serve therein during, any, absence of me, the said Senior Officer from /Wanganui. I. R. COOPER, , Major Commanding Wanganui Militia and Voluuteeis.

On Sale, Ex JOHN BUNYAN,-jrom LONDON,. A “very Valuable Iu voice of' Feat’s Saddlery. The Undersigned particularly draw attention to this Shipment. TAYLOR, WATT & CO.. April, 4 1861. Wanted Immediately BY the Undersigned a Man and his Wife ; the man to make himself generally useful on a Station ; the wife to Cook, take charge of a Small Dairy, Wash, &c. Apply by letter, stating wages : and references, to V JOHN JORDAN, Kororomaiwaho," Upper/fangjtikeL, April. 25, 18G1.