THE £100 CHALLENGE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XX, Issue 167, 19 July 1884, Page 2

THE £100 CHALLENGE.

In reply to a telegram which Mt Dodaijn sent to Colonol ReaJer, the following was to-day reoeived from the latter :—

' ' Date on whioh Pablid Work* Depart . pent agreed to Sftptj./jifojm^itli Nov.,

1831. On 19th Mft}or/;fi:.iHl^.-. W aa ; |a : M formed accordingly,', da' the Gt!a January;' 1832,_ a telegram .' was sent to Major" •Baillie ftaking- what steps had" beeil taken '.With -regard to erection of drill shed, Blenheim,'- and what amount had been subscribed for that purpose. On !)th January he repliss ha coald not at prosent inform me what amount hai been subscribed, but that a clniin for L3r would be sent shortly. Tlii3 application wa3 sent m on'vjst May, butretnrne.l to Major Bniilia' as informal, a3 it should have been accompanied by a bank certificate of what amount had b:on raised and lodged there, without which subsidies wero not granted. Tbis tas never been replied to. The fir3t time sutoidirwsro estimated for waa m the eithnck-s of 1879-80."

It is clear from this statement of Colonel leader's, that the apnii<stioa for tho aito was never persevere, with, and that no sito was over obtained. As for tho money giant, tho mattor 13 ssi at rest. The application ia May wf',3 olearly for a subsidy, and not for a specific vote. It could not, of course, have been otherwise, an a vote for the Blenheim drill shel lrd no existenca outside .Mr Seymour's imagination. •