DEFENCE ITEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 June 1924, Page 8

DEFENCE ITEMS.

Training fcir all units resumes within the llrst two weeks .if July. The members of the 'JTtli iPonsonhy) Company will linM their llrst social ami ifinI'crt wlUiiu :i short lime of niiniuuuuiuK training. Tlic PmiHonliy Cadet companies will resum., training 'next w.-.-k. TralDlnp will again lie carried out 111 the Ponsouby Club's football shed. Lieut.-Colonel K. J. Ilulbert. D.5.0.. of the Cllt S./,. Mounted Uitli-s iMniiawntiil. lias been temporarily attached for duty with tlir Ist S.A. Mounted Rifles, C.V.C. The City Cadet companies are reported to be stronger tliis your tluin ever before. Night drills will i-uiuineuco on the loth of next in out tj. Lieut. A A. Curroy has taken over the fomiiiuuil of the 2'Hli Puck Battery, and miller his ahli- jtublitnco the- null should make rapi.l strides tciwnnla euiciency. Tl>e -Itli 111i.w.l Battery will l""lil tis I llrst parade fur tlie ni'W military year at tin- Drill I hill on Tuesday evening, when nienibor-i will lie dialled to their various sli'nsectinns. The Aui-klnnd Military Sports Association met on Tuesday evening. Mr. .1. Arueil presldillg 111 till" absence .if Mr. .1. I". Klilangher. who w:is unable In attend. The next meeting of the association will probably be held on .Inly S. The Territorial anil Senior Cadet boxing champion-hips will be decided In the Prill Hall on the I'Sili. 2:lth ami -Tlsi of next month. The tournament will be classed as part of tlu> trainees physical training for the year. Kntries close on July -'I. The 4th Battery luncheon hour lociurettes are now liel.'l every day i.f I he week with the exception of Wednesdays and Saturday-. The lectures, which are of great help to candidates' silting for their first appointment examination. The Association football teams entered in the 4th and r.th smiles by the Ponsonby Cadet companies are dntnit particularly well. The .'itli grade team is well ahead on points, with an unbeaten record. The 4th grade players have had lint one reverse and are runners-iip In their section. OwluK to tlie inclemency of the weather at the end of the l!)i'i--J4 military year, the Imperial Challenge Shield was not tired for by the Ponsonby Cadets. The competition will be derided immediately after resumption of training In July. The construction of a permanent military training camp at Xenruawnhisi is now under way. The Department is building a large concrete reservoir on the hill, to which water for camp use will he. pumped from the Waiknto Itiver. among trainees and their parents in connection with the fortlicmniK boxing championships. !i has been decided that, when training for tint new military year commences, Lieut. Moore visit the various units and espluln the conditions of the tournament and the objects of the Spurts Association. The medals to be awarded to this year's boxing champions are of a greatly improved design. The medals will be fashioned in Oe.t gold and will lie circular in form, l'rior to the contests, the Auckland W.irkingmen's Club Shield and the other trophies will be on show in (Juecu Streut, All householders In the possession of ritles and bayonets, the property of the Defence Department, are requested to return same as soon as possible. Several riUes have been missing since the military pageaut in the Domain in March, and these should be returned at once. If the authorities are notltied. arrangements will he made for tlie arms to lie called for. Persons neglecting to notify are liable nuder the Police Offences Act. It has been suggested that (lie Senior Cadets and Territorials of Auckland hold an annual road race. This suggestion was made last year, but the City Council was not agreeable to the run through the city, and the matter was dropped. The Military Sports Association are now working on a scheme for the running of the race through I lie suburbs. The matter was mentioned at this week's meeting of the association, but after discussion was deferred until a fur. (her meeting. No expense is being spared lo secure a serviceable boxing platform for future boxing llxtures. The platform, which is now almost completed, is being built on exactly the same lines as that of the Northern Hosing Association, and is so made that it can be taken to pieces without undue trouble. Special regard is being taken for the safety of the boxers and tlie stage will lip considerably larger thin the area of the ! ring. The risk of competitors failing from the platform will thus he minimised. The Military Sports Association Is very grateful to the NBA. for the use or the latter body's ring and equipment. Next month should sen the establishment of an un-tn-datn gymnasium in the Artillery Hall. Rutland Street Sergeant Major I.alTey, who is at present In Wellington, has already ohtninerl mncli of the necessarr jnppnriitns. In addition, several Auckland nnlt«! have been nnnrnnebed. and they have volunteered to donate certain of the machines. Those units, although retaining ownership oT 111" :irti.les they hny will place them at the disposal of the ' Sports Atwinrlon lo lie pin pert in tlio gymnasium.