THE WELLINGTON BATTALION
;h "•- h (FROM A CO______-.POSI.BNT.) 5r WELLINGTON, June 19. •' Tba Governor this morning personally j presented the oup Ibe had given as Hon. iy Coloneloif the We-Uington Battalion, to the :d Post and Telegraph Rifles, who won it in |- the competition for field firing. .* His Royal Highness congratulated the -.' Governor on the success of* the parad? in £ connection with the presentation. His Ex»l ccllency tba Governor, in presenting the Is Post and Telegraph Riflfe Corps with the Cup 88 won by them for field firing, said: —"In the "j wars of the future good shooting would be : .g essential for the country which intends to xj rule the world. We as Englishmen intend L; always to keep the flag to the fore."
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10997, 21 June 1901, Page 7
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THE WELLINGTON BATTALION
Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10997, 21 June 1901, Page 7
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