VOLUNTEER ENGINEERING CORPS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 722, 8 March 1866, Page 4

VOLUNTEER ENGINEERING CORPS.

IX accordancf with advertisement, a number of jrentlemait belonging to the Engineering and Surveying piofess ons. met yester-iuy evening at the Belfast Hotel. This was an actj mrned meeting, hiving for its object the formation of a Volunteer -kngmeering Corps. ; . Mr. "Winters was unanimously voted into the chairMr. Sseet t-aid that at the lash meeting held last Monday, aix gentlemen had been appointed to organize the preliminaries, some of tlw gentlemen had been called away on business. He (the Speaker) however, who had been appointed Secretary, had received 34- names already ot professional gentlena*»p, surveyors and engineers, who were willing to join the corp-i. There were only tlnee more names required to enable him io send in the offer of services to tlu: Government: as that was the number required by the -let to constitute a v'olunteer company. Major Tiglie had promised to recommend, the matter t-:» the Government, and as soon 83 Col* Haulfciin cumti to Auckland lie (the gpeakerj voni fee him It was thought advisable to commence the corps with profesbinnal gentlemen. If they to extend the strength of the they could then admit other gentlemen not 1 tlonging toeiiuEff of the profession?. Tho thren names required to complete the corps were furnished during the course of the evening. Mr. Skekt had no doubt the Government would accept their services, they would bo us* fnl :n many ways, sucli ns building redoubts op bridge?. ac.l"s as guides, and in many instance as Maori intcrpw tors. On the mo!ion of Mr. Wilkinson, the meeting was tlieu adjourned for a weak.