AT KAIAPOI.

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6626, 17 December 1886, Page 3

AT KAIAPOI.

f—t Kaiapci H Oosrpaay fell in at the '„ d-Qs-ed at BM to the nmaber ef fifty--1 aawt tad cadete eighty-one with the band. .|9W t«—eaar commanding this column wm i Captain W-.tefoord, Lieut. ~>ilao_ being :,:wr—» t—sriS-c and acting —lent. Al* rander wit- the Cadets. The column -coved to Ha Bailway station to receive the Lyttelton t saaß.nnti i. and _fttrward* was joined by tttst- Colo—el Leara. T—boc4-_—i. headed ; If tbe hand, marched through the town, ' tioag tht be—eh—a beautif-l avenue— : flMaet to the rough open coteatry near the ' .Hi i inn! Here the eat my was aignaJlfd, a*—the Bas was thrown out in aMi—d_—_tg tlaW, about fifty paces between t_efi.es, S tbe Cadet Corp. acting aa rapports. riflt——a, at the steamer Diamond taat within range, gave it a very warm saetptae— and two well directed volleys aa fttfcf. files do.aed oa the right caused the tnay to thter rouad aad retire. The awaap* eohtmnretuTisad to town, aad after taraag the theatre of war was met by its IpM, which played remarkably welL ■jtiiilig to the Drill Shed, Captain wsilafeord exareesed the thanks of the T-tiiltaii ii to Mr J. Sunt for the use of hit aaamat, aad he read a very severe -rwture Bto Cadets who had acted sa deserters. Ores—ea, haa. B—Egeu_, was press—t, -B-tHtortad the list ef casualties at _B. aaa* d_app—-tzsta t wat felt in K-iapoi tl—ht a—a arrival of the whole ef the tat at—aies,tt it—ad been the impress—a. thaTwtald m-rch thra-th the town and —mint oa the ground taken by the BCtespany, yw* return in time to pert*—c aXa St-* hoejat-lity in the shape of oareaauaia before tht tptci-l train returned.