PRESENTATION OF THE DISTRICT CHAMPION BELT.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2050, 30 July 1875, Page 2

PRESENTATION OF THE DISTRICT CHAMPION BELT.

Yesterday? evening Captain TtSxaMpol : ~ the Thames Scottishi wa^invwfild^:mth ■ the proud distinction of beuig? the firitf champion, rifle-shot, of toedisfcriofc; The Thames Scottish Volunteers; Jyd;i^Gbnii i pany of Hauraki Kifle Volunteers^ and % the Thames BifleVEangers having be^i: ; /inspected; by r >, G°Pper,,:that officer' ■ ', formeid the three cimpanieg, about a hunf dred'in number, iato :a hollow; square, and having remarked tm the , shbo'ti ing made by Captain Murray and Seaman Armstrong of the Naval Brigade, handed -the belt to Mrs^Fraser."'' ; '■:' ''■ Jl: '*":'Yo.-■ -■". V. Mrs Fraser then placed^ the belt^oii Captain Murray, and remarked in doing Renting badges;pf liohor was heightened on occasionl>y the foM ihsi wasgrf-;. highestlppilTplun^eer^ -td^dn^'so'^Vorthy'/^^weftifit^^is^C^la^ Murray had shown himself ai^ i who had done so much for the V^hinteei?*' movement in the Tia^^-disixip^^^^^ The way liai whichCaptain^MirrwiirM-^ cheered plainly showed h^p^plu^

was that one who"had' 50 well deserved the Belt "should be the first to wear it; and the Band, as an appropriate accompaniment to the applause, played "See the Conquering Hero." Captain Murray, not .unmindful of others, called for three cheers for Seaman Armstrong who had run him so close, and three cheers wcr* ajso, of course, given for Mrs Fraser for her kindness in enhancing the- honor of theoccasion by presenting the belt herself. Mrs Fraser afterwards presented markmen's badges to Captain Murray, ColorSergeant Campbell, Corporal McLcod, Volunteers McLean, Downie and Wilson. ;---. - : ■ ■ - ■ " •