VOLUNTEER NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 89, 11 April 1903, Page 2

VOLUNTEER NOTES.

Tns R flap, QunrJs aad Girri-on Bind e tr.ine-l for flawera by sp.cial train abau"; 6.30 on Thursday evening. Th»rj was rather a poor tu'-n out ci the Rids?, the Guards, and Bind being letter represented. Oo!o..el Ellis, 0 ptiin-Adjutant Taunt 'ii, Surgeon-Maj jr MuOieUnd, Oap'aiiß Oook and Weston, L:eu'enaudi Okey and Messenger ware oa tbe traia. Maj >r Ok»y wirh his orderly . left by thj 4 15 train. 0 1 ivaching Hivvura the men who had b'<n j ined en route by the Wai-tir-t, 1.-iglewood, Stratford, aud Elth&m Oorps fall in, andheadtd by the Band, marched out to camp. Xne received a very hearty reuep'ion from Jfc'e people of Hiwera acd the cimp ! premises to be a great succes 3 . j The Star siys:—"Toe Hawea Mounted R flea will go into camp on th> Tiiruiaki racecoutse nex" mov.h. 0 j the last day of tli9 camp, Mvy 14' hj, the Rifljs will hold their military sports." A numb9r of men who cnuld not get away' oa Thursday evening leave by thi 4.15 p.ao. train to day for tha Hawera camp. Those wha cannot ge vleave to be away this evening are leaving on Mosd'iy morning. The muster 1 ; on Monday promises to be a record olo' i and the proceedings promis i to be very j i interesting to spectators, A large; i number of people' are visiting Hawera i on Monday. I ' In view of the visit of the Hiwara j

Mounted Rifles to camp oq the racecourse in May it would be a graceful compliment if the local corps wete to entertain them before leaving at a. social or dance, The Hawera Corps is a v ter*n corps and is and to haveseot mire men to South Africa thin any o her corps in the colony and the quality of the men sent was above the average, Oolooel D-ivls, Maj >r Bartle't, Captains Coutte, Matthews, Moirisay, Mitchell, Lieutenants Palmer, Valintin<>, and o hsrs, wtra all m »mbeis of that corps who distinguished themselves in South Africa 1 I > 1 i f 1 1 ! j I I l i s i i i i i