CROMWELL.
The above sports came off on the 23rd ult., and were a success financially ancli otherwise. At 7.30 p.m. the brigade and "Volunteers, , headed by the Cromwell Brass Band, formed at the bridge and marched through the town to Victoria Park. The " sticking up" of a mail coach by a gang of biishrangers was the first item on the programme, and considerable '■■ amusement was cauled by the personation of bushrangers, black-trackers, and mounted troopers. Sack races and other sports followed, and the evening's entertainment closed with the representation of an incidtent of the Boer war, a desperate fight taking place for the possession of a farmhouse defended by a party of Boers with a Long Tom. The farmhouse after capture was promptly given to the flames to the delight of the youngsters among tho spectators. The band played a number of lively airs during the evening. At the close ; of the entertainment Lieutenant Jolly, on bshalf of the brigade and Volunteers, warmly thanked the band for their kindness in assist- i ing, and Mr Thos. Marshall responded for the band. Cheers for the band, the Volunteers, and the fire brigacte, and a '" tiger" for Mr B. | Cook (captain of the fire brigade) were called for and heartily giveil. j
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Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 35
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