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New Zealand Mail, Issue 878, 28 December 1888, Page 1

The successful tenderers for the repairs and additions to the Terrace, Te Aro (2), Newtown, Thorndon, Mount Cook (3), Vogeltown, Waihenga, and Panatahanui Schools are as follow:—Te Aro, W. H. Bennett, £llO ; Mount Cook Girls’, W. C. Watson, £S2 11s; Mount Cook Boys’, A, Leslie, £69; Vogeltown, E. T. Hughes, £l9B 10s ; Newtown, A. Leslie, £B4 15s; Te Aro Infants’, J. Charlton, £9 10s ; Mount Cook Infants’, Thomson and McLean, £57 ; Terrace, W. H.‘ Bennett, £45 : 15s ; Pauatahanui, Skinner and- Johnson, £145; Waihenga, W. Benton, £201; Thorndon,' A. Leslie, £47.' ' In our telegrams received this week from London is one ' announcing ’Rat the Honor, able Artillery Company of London had been suddenly disbanded and ■ the gnns removed by order of the War Office. This company Was one of the oldest existing Volunteer corps in Britain, the early formation dating as far back as the days of the Tudors. In 1537 Henry VIII. granted a patent to constitute a guild " or fraternity, from which the late Artillery Company officially took their rise. The company, however, like many other city guilds, had nearly outlived its original purpose. In 1780, when the “Lord George Gordon riots ” afflicted the metropolis, the members of the Artillery Company effectually protected the Bank of England. In 1848 when Chartist riots were apprehended, the company was on the alert to render good service if required. In 1859, when an uneasy feeling prevailed in 'England concerning the designs of Franco, the members polished their arms and looked forward to eventualities, but the company had never been engaged in actual warfare with an enemy.' The company consisted of members elected by. balled, who’ paid one guinea annual subscription,' and’ supplied themselves with dress, arms and accoutrements- These payments, together with the rental reoeived from a small amount of real property, constituted the fund out of which expenses were defrayed. Hntil 3 849 the company elected their own officers, but since that year the Crown has appointed them on the nomination pf the lieutenancy of the oity. of London.