NATIVE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2231, 27 February 1886, Page 2

NATIVE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.

The Papawai Native Volunteersparaded on Tuesday last, for the first time, wlieii arms were issued by Instructor Bezar, They are the long Binders, with bayonets. The Instructor drilled the men'with rifles, showing them how to hold. them; then they were ordered to ground arms, a'pd wop fprpefirly two hours put jihrbugli their facings,'aiicj &ir posfinn : pees were far beybijd expectation?/ TJioy were then put through'fours until they appeared alipst perfect at it,' Rifles were, 'taken up, and they were instructeij In'the fixing ajid unfixing pf bayonet?; tliisthey did very vcll'aftpx a few trials, Tljey all took the keenest interest in the instruc: tions given, and there'were'bu't'few'ternis used that they did not all understand. Captain Jury and' Lieut. Martin Te Ore were .calle.d into requisition a time ,pr two t,p .exylajn jn ||ao,ti' cpngratulatpry expressions from, the |nptri|ctqr"when thpy did anything very well. The Instructor, before dismissing % Company',' gave a few hints as to how they were to keep thejr arms, &c, in order, and addressed a few enpQuraging words, expressing a hope that at the next mooting of the Colonial Rifle issopjation there would bo some members of the corps there, and if they failed to secure the bolt, he felt sure they would givo a good account of tliemselves, as he had already seen what some of them could do, when in the Greytown Rifles. He assured them that their interests would he well looked after, and with the opportunities they had of open-air drills, "they would be well up in a few months.—Standard,