PATRIOTISM AT ROTORUA.
A arosT laudable and patriotic spirit having been evinced by nittoy very eligible yqttng men dfc Kotoriia, willing to 'offer theii 1 services to the 'firovermnent at any crisis, Major Clarke, by request, forwarded a proposal to the Defence Minister for the organization and foundation of a Volunteer Corps at that station. The reply to this offer is given belO\V and ! is published fo? tfce information of those gefttlenieii who had expressed a Wish to pin the proposed force : — Deenfce Office. Wellington, May 4i, 1885. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the number and date quoted b. the margin, relative to the formation of a Volunteer Corps at llotorua, and in reply to request you will convey the thanks of the Hon. the Defence Minister to the gentlemen who offer their services and to express his regret that the limited number of arms in store necessitates the acceptance of only such corps as are absolutely necessary for the defence of the principal towns in the Colony. — I have the honor, &c, H. L. Eeader. Lieut. Cot), Under-Secretary Defence. Major Clarice, Eotorua.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1839, 16 May 1885, Page 2
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191PATRIOTISM AT ROTORUA. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1839, 16 May 1885, Page 2
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