MILITARY PREPARATIONS.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Weli.i noton, Thursday. The services of the Hawera Rifles and Stratford Rangers have been accepted. The following appointments of volunteer officers have been made :—William Bird, to be sublieutenant Waimea Rifles ; Isaac Bayly, to be captain Hawera Rifles ; William O'Brien, to be captain Waimate Rifles ; Thomas M. Smith, to be captain Stratford Rangers. The resignation of Sub-Lieutenant Keriad, Waverley Rifles, has been accepted. The Government have sent circular telegrains to the volunteer officers in all parts of the colony, asking if their respective districts would be disposed to furnish volunteers for service on the West Coast, the men to bo paid the same rate as the Armed Constabulary.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6212, 14 October 1881, Page 5
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