VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 4953, 17 January 1879, Page 2

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

Battalion parade last night was attended by 852 volunteers, who were marched as far as the Southern Recreation Ground and back again to the Drillshed. Tho strength of the various companies on parade was: —Artillery—l captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant," 1 sergeant-major, 3 sergeants, 60 gunners; total, 67. No. 1 City Guards—l lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant, 3 sergeants, 33 rank and file; total, 88. No. 1 Cadets—--1 sub-lieutenant, 24 rank and file; total, 25. North Dunedin Rifles—l lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant, 3 sergeants, 1 bugler, 23 rank and file; total, 29. - Wakari Rifles -1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 1 sub-licutcnant, 4 sergeants, 2 buglers, 29 rank and file; total, 39. Naval Brigade—l captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant, 5 petty officers, 1 bugler, 40 gunners ; total, 54. Naval Cadets—l lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant, 5 petty officers, 40 rank and file; total, 47. Naval Cadets' Band—Total, 18. City Guards' Band—l bandmaster, 1 sergeant, 15 men; total, 17. Headquarters' Band—--1 baudmaster, 1 sergeant, 15 men; total, 17. Staff— Lieutenant-Colonel Stavely, Major Wales, Sergeants Paxtou and Harrison. The prizes w«n at the late meeting of the Otago Rifle Association were then presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Stavely; a presentation consisting of a silver match-box being made to Sergeant Paxton for his services in connection with the late meeting.

A difficulty is likely to arise with regard to the annual Interprovincial matches between Canterbury and Otago. As Canterbury's annual prize-meetin" takes place at Easter, the match, according to the present arrangement, should be fired then, or four months after the first match. The next competition would not then take place till the Otago Rifle Association's meeting in December, 1880, or an interval of twenty months.