THE ORDNANCE COURT.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12616, 5 October 1906, Page 8

THE ORDNANCE COURT.

A very ints'TTsting exhibit will b<! thai compri-sed in the Ordnance Court, which is being fitted up under the eujM>rvi&ion of Ca|>ta.in 'Wall, JJ.X.Z.A. The- exhibit will be the, largest and liest display of its kind ever seen in New Zealand. A somewhat similar but eitiall<>r exhibit was made at the Dunedin Exhibition and ako at tho Olmstchurch Exhibition. The. Aruuuncnt Court, which ii now lx>ing fitted up, will meafiure 90 fert by .50 loot, and the -work in connection with the exhibit is well in hand. The exhibit comprisce a 12-pounde: quick-Cring gun, a 6-pounder quick-fir-uij? gixzi mountod ooinpleto with ''Dottrr,"' a galloping Maxim, a Maxim Run on parapet a thr<*-poundt'j quick-firing Hotchkiios mounted or carriage, brooch miKJiaiiLsiu of Bin., Gin and bin. Mark VJI. gun* all fitted in wood blocks to show working, epociuie.ns of Ordnance airnnunition, i.e. i/pct-nre-room (samples, etc., a mo<!e* D.K.F. moving target anxl nietrument in conjunction writh model fort fitted nj> witli electrical instrumente to chow thr method of enrnmunicatin-g ra-ngee to guns, etc., tub? to be fired by B.C. from model gun, photographs of all Artillery Coqvs (botli garrieoa and field), diagraiiuij ctt.j small anne, aiming riflt^j

. . :j g model minefield with eervice mince and ii.yi. applinnoesi, a model of Fort Jcr- 5.% voif», Lyt<<'lton. a fifteen-pounder gun '-'•['', :»n-l 9-pr.un<ler H. 8.1,, gun, n model of - I ** liflcl battery in action Miind <over, 'V skowi: k ho\k efl<-tive fire ih obtained, a • !;i nicdel jinn ]>;t nml model epaulment, In tin* encinccring section of tho ex. hibit. VHrions typcM of bridges will he : ehoun. ITiero will also be a model camp ) ot a brigade showing fanitntion and mounted and tli«inoiin*tid uuiit.s of the Defonce store exhibit of old arms, mortars-. eto. In addition to tho above cotuproh;'nisivo display it ie hoped to '•■ mount, a ti-inch Mark VII. gun for the liist tinse in New Zealand.