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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 22, 30 May 1901, Page 20

It is reported that an Irish rifle corps is to be formed in Wellington. Thb four stud horses, selected in England for the New Zealand Government by Mr. Gilruth, have arrived in Wellington by the Gothic, in charge of Mr. Douglas, a veterinary surgeon. An amusing incident has arisen in connection with the proposal of the Cornishmen to present an address to the Duke of Cornwall. The secretary of the Sooiety in Wellington recently invited the Cornishmen in the country districts, through the press, to sign the address. This invocation was published in the Maori newspaper, with the result that Mr. Stevens has received a letter from a Rangitikei chief stating he approves the presentation, and that not only will he sign the address himself, but he thinks all Maori chiefs should do bo.