Volunteer Intelligence.
THE MASTER%N RUMPUS.
The speech pf Major Bunny which has raised, such a stor^royin the Masterton Volunteer world, is thus reported by the Wairarapa ~ Standard : — "Major Bunny though'tV it, Vjfts hardly fair to get him to follow with a speech after His Excellency, arid/ there was little left for him to.say^"- as •, His- (Excellency ljad touched upon all matters. He had been a volunteer for twenty, years ; he re* memhered the time .\vhen '. the Maoris were'^pect'ed cross the } and how 'the . volunteers turned out ! to meKt' theto, but were; glad, afterwards that the .'natives did. not come. He 'rather 'severely censured the f Mastertori > Volunteers for 'not* turning out that mornihgto act as a guard of. honor to His Excellency. . It 'was,-, the da jr for., the quarterly parade, and yet. only, about, twenty men turned but ; y they.- attended,,, m their ordinary, dress, -snx| were illdressed too. The boys, however, were.! a' credit,«,and he felt . proud of^tnem, .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 245, 18 September 1883, Page 2
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160Volunteer Intelligence. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 245, 18 September 1883, Page 2
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