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

AT ASHBURTON.

__B iineet-cn p-tadt of the Athh-rtoa lasat at. the Aaaburton Gtaardt waa held iMna—y m——in*. There wta a good 888-rcf both companies. Tha Garriaon Ipfi —*._. Timaru, under Bind—aster la* ware also preseat. aad previous to •b hear tf parade dt lighted the ear of M-aßtoa peopl. by plating a good ttMß—t tf music in Biring tornare. The _Ma-tetts_.-it.red at tha Drill Shed, and t_aLhea-ed by the band, marched toa iMbtkat Hunt's farm, whereaanmber of Bat tag—tm*nts wer- gone through in a «BJ twdit-Jble manner. Before the men ___aa t-at-sed Colonel Bailey addretsed ■_—oiceaapJi— —etary te——a. aad bi stowed atptdti word cf praise on the steady aaMknast of the Guards. Ia additkm to PN Bailey, Majjr Do-rlaa and AdjnaamFoag* were present. The Bifle* were l_br the <* mmand of Captain W. B. ■•aa, «ad the G turds under Captain J. ettathll. _laßß_ri_y was obterrtdta a dote holioayat Aakburton. tht principal att-ae-oas yatsb—i parade of the Vel—otters sad the gpni gtr-m pertr held ia aid of St. PWNaB t hurch. The -pirty " wat held m_aa*nomads of Hunt's farm, aad p-ced dtasatsßMa-flfaUy.