LOCAL VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP.
The local 1 corp?, Rifles and Guards, went into camp on ' Tbursitey^ evening. /The' camp, as in prev.ous y^ars, is pitched in the Recroatit<A. r Orpupdß near the lower lakelet. 7,, The; g^ounU'-ji^oated, and thtre is an abuntfar&b''o r f ' cleJ«r, running water close by. There were over 40 of each company, and the Ga.rrison Band was also .^jbll rcijrcstntcd at Ihe iirs< muster for tea at /6 p.m.' At ,6,45 Ihi companies were iefpeefed bf Ijifeut.-Col. J?llju»^ftndywero then dismissed. All ihi other staff .office* s w.«e pr(soDt. v Tht Rifles were, under, Cajptain v Weston an^ lieutenant Okey,.B«d ; ,itie liientenant«. Hoin),cs.un,d Hessjrjpgw. Th? catering. is Wmgi" carrJcd^oui;, by each compmyiin&ieus.of le f tCinjgjtj/6y, pontracj as in previousjears. /./" Y ; /,"'.\ vo .(VM v '(j£Jt ytastnol ' .'° B
About midnight xain set in, and for a considerable tim^e/ it felL in tropical volume. Thus .thej first night in camp was spent under bad weather- conditions, which, however^did not affect the camp tas any J appreciable. ext^*t' >The tents leaked a little, .but-pn the whole the men were.o^:foM&TlC< H -»• :': ' •- ' i« The Fire. ;B?ig«dj^,, will join in ihe church paradef tm Sfonthiy 1 morning.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12167, 16 January 1903, Page 7
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193LOCAL VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12167, 16 January 1903, Page 7
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