IMPERIAL COMMISSIONS FOE COLONIAL YOUTHS.
(Pee United Press Association.)
Wellington, August 21,
Mr Albert William Andrews, of Christchurch, who was the sole New Zealand candidate for the commission granted to New Zealand by the Imperial Government, has successfully passed the prescribed examina tion. The Secretary for the Colonies intimated to his Excellency yesterday that the Imperial Government only delayed granting the commission till it should be informed that Mr Andrews had become a lieutenant. As, however, the Defence department; was able to reply that Mr Andrews became a lieutenant in the Sydenham Rifles on the Ist May last, it is certain that he will very shortly receive his commission in a regiment of the line. It is said that all the other Australasian candidates failed. The examination passed by Mr Andrews is that for militia officers at Home, and not so difficult as the ordinary one to obtain admission as cadet at Sandhurst, which is the usual mode of obtaining direct commissions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 7648, 23 August 1886, Page 2
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