THE CHAMPION BELT.
BANQUET T6 BALLINGER BROTHERS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Maieh 26 At the banquet to llio Ballinger bothers Ihe vtell-knottii vifle -.hols, Arthur Kiiliiikoi, who won the belt outright at TivnIham, Slid that with lefcienec to if-> fuluio maiuloiunce. he felt tli,i| (o keep the belt would b? to iol> the asportation nicotine of some of iii inlcioil lie li.u' 'hcrefoie decided to piosent it lo the •sw-iat'on, on condition that in futtuo it !>o called tho ' Ballmtjoi Champion Bolt" The Hon. J. Oiiiroll, in loipondin? lo the ica.-t of "The Ministry." ■yid I'iov I umltol tli.ii tlie m.it line of defence nm-r 1>- on bea. but behind that theie imiit In l ,t <tionj; one on land This could onh ho hi ought about by cultivating )ier\e,"ie=ohi t.on, self-contiol, patriotism, and nflo piactiee There wai i time in the history of this country nhoi h6 took pari, in lighting expeditions. Then the old fabhioued
weapons, contiastod strongly with (lip fight liig machine of today, but the qualities of ihe men lemameil the Fame.
Colonel Collins, tlio exoculne ofTicoi of i tho .Rifle Association, m i hanking Mr B.il- | linger foi His generous gift, said lie thought there should bo a condition that! if tho_ compel ittons ever lapsed for two i jcare in succession llio belt should io\crt ! to (ho Ballinger family. I
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13862, 27 March 1907, Page 2
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227THE CHAMPION BELT. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13862, 27 March 1907, Page 2
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