WANGANUI CAVALRY.
The following letter has been received from Major Nixon:— Wanganui, May 3. Dear Sir, —I take the earliest opportunity on my return from Manawatn to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 26th April, informing me that during my absence the Wanganui Volunteer Cavalry had unanimously elected me as their captain. At present I can only thank them, and this I do with all sincerity and much satisfaction for the honor thus conferred upon me, but beg to assure them that the honor, efficiency] and true interests of the corps shall ever have m}>- zealous care and strict attention. I trust also that every member of the corps will feel the same pride and zeal in belonging to it that I myself do. —I remain, &c, John Nixon. ! Joseph Chadwick, Esq., I Chairman, Public Meeting W.V.C.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 597, 3 May 1869, Page 2
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