OUR VOLUNTEERS.
The ■ Qera Rifles, to the number of 30, ! ; mustered on Tuesday last under Lieutl Boyns and Handeison. Btafl-Ser^t Blackmore was present, and put the company through " judging dUtance." . Some of the members are evidently good judges ot dis.tance, as thoj.gave tha- exact distance In sereral caßo( #; and were within a few yards in other casefl. After the drill wjls over a meeting was held in O'Eane's - Hotel, when a commiitee was appointed to draw up a programme of Sports for the picnic at Wai* mea «n the 16th of January. The RiverSdala Rifles are expasted to appoint a committee to co-operat* with tbe Gore Rifles in (etting up a good programme for the occasion. Another committee was appointed to airange for n rifle competition at tbe Gore targets on Boxing day, to be open to all comers. - The Gore Rifles again mustered last night under Lieut Henderson to the number of 29, when after a short drill the company was dismissed,' to allow tha members to attend the Fisk Jubilee concert,
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Mataura Ensign, Volume 11, Issue 833, 14 December 1888, Page 6
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173OUR VOLUNTEERS. Mataura Ensign, Volume 11, Issue 833, 14 December 1888, Page 6
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