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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2826, 13 October 1883, Page 3

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r (Received at 2 a.m.) ™ ENGLISH CABLE. ion ' * [Per Electric Telegraph — Copykight/ (Reuter's Agency.) ?" lEeceivea 0.50 a.m., Oct. 13th.l ts c London, Oct. 12. 0^ It is currently rumored m commercial ,j£ circles that the failure of several import- ' te l ant City firms is impending. E d Madrid, Oct. 11. on Senor Herrera has been entrusted by H r His Majesty King Alfonso with the forng mation of a new Ministry, and he has icr accepted the task. The Due de Fernan ir, Nunez, Spanish Ambassador at Paris, has iot resigned that position. CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CATALRY. ns 01- After four days' hard training the mem*y bcra of tho Canterbury Yeomanry Caralry 7° Regiment who had been able to attend for ta the purpose, wero inspected yesterday by tho er Officer commanding the district, Colonel er lean. The men, to the number of 38, ex- " elusive of officers, fell m at two o'clock, and *' marched to the ground — Mr Bristol's pad- "> dock — where their most useful field exercises '■ have been held. Colonel Lean, with a stftff " k consisting of Major Slater (late of the C.V.C.), 1- Major Young, Captain Gardner (Southland ?> Hussars), and Captain Hameraley (C Bat--11 tery), arrived on the ground at three, and was ■ s received by the C.V.C. m the usual way. le The Inspecting Officer then went down the ranks and inspected the details of the men's appointments. The Regiment was then ■ v handed over to Captain Dundas, their Inin structor, who put them through a number of ** field movements, including changes of front " by both flanks, movements m line and column, J f most of them at a gallop, tho rest at a trot ; the right troop then went through skirmishing 9 i exercise supportod by the left, and vice versa. ■d The attention of tho spectators was diverted n at one point of this practice by a buggy aceiP dent m the way of the movement, and a good [° many people ran over the ground excited at ls the firing of carbines out of their view. A 0 change of front to left was then made ie very prettily, although this wa3 the first c time the movement had been tried. Surgeon Chapman led tho right troop and 7 Lieutenant Rhodes tho left, Sergeant Stewart r acting as squadron guide. After one or two n other small movements, the men went through s pursuing practice, first by word of command, and then m their own time at halt nnd gallop. s This was a very effective movement, but a B disappointment to the spectators, as it was c carried on at a considerable distance from the 1 saluting point. Tho men then dismounted g and stood at ease for a time, having had a • good bustling about. Captain Wright now • took charge of the parade movements, and marched hi 3 men past the saluting point, by k squadrons at a walk, by single file, by • squadrons at trot and at gallop, con- » eluding by an advance m lino at a gallop, c halting dead within a few yards of tho staff '. and spectators. The movements were all h exceedingly well done, and the halt from tho s gallop was very effective indeed. Colonel o Lean addressed a few words to Captain Wright and the mon, complimenting them very highly upon their efficiency and soldiera like bearing. He then inspected Surgeon d Chapman's ambulance and staff. The ambue lance cart was brought into practical use o during the day. On the way to the ground ;. Troopor McGuinneaa was run foul of by an .1 express near Saltwater Creek, and his foot o being caught by the wheel, he was disabled b from riding. He consequently spent the rest c of the day m tho ambulance cart under the k guardianship of a corporal's guard. The ground had been kept by a guard of the C Jattery under Lieutenant Wardle, and Colonel k Lean, before leaving the ground, compliu mented them upon their turning out, saying j it showed a soldierlike spirit and a sense of what was the proper thing to do. Tho k Artillery Band were also on tho ground, and 0 played suitable airs. They also played for 1 some time m the atrect opposite head-quarters, f in the evening. The afternoon was fine, and a half holiday ,£ having been proclaimed, there was a pretty 3 good attendance of spectators — somewhere j about 300. Some of them became very „ excited, and straggled over tho exercising d ground, especially on one occasion when there [ a was a smell of gunpowder m the air, and a ,£ buggy accident, described elsewhere, was one , t result of this eagerness to see everything. We jjj yesterday intimated that dogs would not be allowed on the ground, as there were sheep m the same paddock, and with a surprising . degree of consideration for tho proprieties, nobody took any notice of the intimation, 13 judging from the number of dogs on the r ground. s> Tho South Canterbury contingents will be '" considered dismissed after 5.30 this morning. , The Christchurch, Methven and Leeston con- , 8 tingents will parade m marching order at 9 3 p.m. and proceed by 4.35 p.m. train to Ashburton, where a special train will be pro--1 vided to convey them onwards.