THE VOLUNTEERS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11110, 31 October 1901, Page 6

THE VOLUNTEERS.

Ex-Captain W. Sparrow has receivedl "■ fmm Captain Fred. Tucker, D Squadroaf ; of the Sixth Contingent, » subscription of \ £5 towards furnislftng the "■ orderly-room of tho Ashburton GuaTO©.- ii •;-' be remembered thub Captain Tucfc«f,;r/ r was' junior subaltern ,of tJbe (iuards at tw'-\ tdine of his leavings Ashburton to joioiagV?;." and leaving with tne Tihird Contingaul-ior •' South Africa.' - ' , ;i The Lyttelton. Naval Ai-tillerj- at- Fort ''$; Jervois on Tuesday morning wont throngti'y' tlieir station practice, using the bm and v \;, *Very fair practice. \yas aiade; yThe mark of, two iWgkpng tarsi j£ gets, 60ft apart, connected b,y a rope andt'T? towed by !lie"lauijcti" Canterbury. ' At 10 ,>t p.m. there was an alarm, (Mid the launch,'^'j having gone , out to the entrance to the -■. harbour, returned, representing a hostile *g man-of-war endeavouring to force an'en-/v trnnce. All tbb guns pf the fort werf L I brougnt to bear -upon her, and the-enemjr,-'.. was supposed to be repulsed. ,-iiajoV> ' Moore, Governnjenfc artillery expert, »nC. . Surgeon-Captftin , Pal rnta'n were-' - On Satiirday night the Lyttelton NaVa£" -, Artillery received permission to' entertajtfh. ■ { their lady friends'at Pbrt'Jervois DjLSafe^.A day , afternoon. Despite* the short notice '..V, given there was a fair, attendance of ladles," ; ?/) ; 1 -Station and artillery practice is to, take.; '"'■■ plnoe from Fort Jei-vois between 6 and f-'-^i'j p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thura-;s>J I day this week, and on the following days C - '(Sundays escepted)-should postponement' '.'. be necessary! jßoate eastward of the. fort. '£ - ehoulcl avoid keeping inshore, -where theif s 'r I tannot "ba seen." If they keep in tho open- --' waterM-.-iy ,preca«'tiona can .be taken for <-''.-" tueir safety. . . t The appointniertt' of G. H. Westoit as. " lieutenant, in the Christ's College Rifles »"/"'• officially gazetted, *he commission to dat« ', ;. from the 18ih Jane last., ' v '"*. "I The Linwood Rifles fired a'match against ; | the 2* Battery at Lyt?tolton op .Saturday. 'i= The scores were:—Linwood 746^"' Battery •' -'" 613. . »-.- . _ ,_«.. v:;; : -