NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By. Telejjrapb.—Presa Association.)

GUNNERY AT FORT JERVOIS. RECORDS BROKEN, Christchurch, February' 20.' Splendid shooting was made by members of tho lyttclton detachment of R.N.Z.A., u;ho, at tho conclusion of their ten days' camp,carried;.'oat., their, annual. .classfiring at' Fort Jervois! on-. Thursday -last. Two, tho 6-inch '■'•8.1/.-' guns,, were remarkable.for accuracy and rapidity of shooting. .Tho'.firing'.was done undor.:tho superintendence' of/Lieutenant Sandlej and the results aro stated to-have established a .record for New. Zealand for the class of guns. . In '.the first series, six shots were fired from the 6-ineh gun andfivo hits lyere - scored,. the average, time per round being 42sec. Tho standard timo per round is 55sec., so. that it will bo seen that, the; shooting.was done .in. jxcoptionally fast -time. ' The results i of. the second scries wero-even better.. Six shots were : fired and all, registered hits, I while tho average time, registered was.only 37sec., which is a record for tho-Dominion. v N.Z.Ai CONFERENCE REMITS. Invercargill,- February 18. : - The following =. remits are to be. forwarded by'the Southland Centre to ..the, N.Z.A.TJ. conference:—That. .the. centres pay' the. expenses . of. selected competitors to championship meetings; ..-That, tke.'dis--quoiting ;• be -a: uniform one of '21 yards.'' That , the rules' of wrestling be amended. ' That the executive reside in the centre:where tho secretary lives. ; j - Mr. W. ' Woods,, president of ."the union, intimated to tho meeting, that he would not . seek, re-election to office, and .an-, nounced that future aspirants to tho presidency. would probably be Messrs. jThos. Duncan': (Wellington), Jas. /Clark . (New Plymouth), John Kennedy .(Geraldine), and C, B. Keast (Dunedin). MILITARY TRAINING. Hastings, February. 19.: The Hastings Domocratie' League 4 re-j solved that . the scheme of compulsory military : training is too elaborate , and costly, and that it is nil' unsatisfactory: substitute for -the .volunteers, . and tho league -regrets that, tho- Act' was .passed, before tho wishes of- .the people 'wero'.' ascertained. ' MOTOR-CYCLE TESTS., i . Pahiatua, February: 19. • ;iri the motor-cycle reliability trial be-' tween \ Wellington and Piihiatua, thero wero...twenty-nine competitors.;. Bidwill," of Featherston, pnt up tho fastest- timo. The run was accomplished in three and a half : hours. Tho competitors ■ loft on the return, journey to Wellington this morning.. . '. • ■.- > ' - . DRIVERS" DISPUTE. . Gisborne, February 19. : Application has teen made ,-by the Gisborno Drivers' Union to bring, their do-, mands ;for-increased and' improvement in the general conditions of labour in, Gisborne. beforo the Conciliation Commissioner. The union has cited about ,seventy-five local employers, * including medical practitioners. • GISBORNE OIL. ; ' Gisborno/ rebrnary 10. ,; At the Gisborno Oil Company's ■meeting' tho manager,- reported that' ho ha<l> : sucobssfully raised ; 1300 ft. 'of ; sin. r.piping. and' replaced . it irith' ein.- ' Tho: heavy strain, in :■ lifting had caused- the-'pipe 'to; break" three: times; 'company- pro-: poses to'pusii to a. depth of .'2oooft:'-with' tho. 'present / bore., Another, -English oompany'' lias 'applied' for' boring -.rights;' but tho directors, givovari' option, though they ; ':were -disposed ; t6i-'give' outside capitalists a' small:-'area te'eperi'ato on.'; r - -~ ;' r . SINISTER IMPLEMENTS, ' :~. v , ..r Hastings, February 19. . . A', L 'youtli' Gained.' Alfred\MartKus, 1: 0al-- : leged :tb. 1» u.'stow'away ,' ff.oiff ;'Liyerpool,. was arrested iast'.night ;for ;forgdry and obtaining clothing by falsa pretences. On his person' was found a fnllyjoaded ;revolver/, a diamond glass-cutlir.'-othdr gear and jewellery, the proceeds, 'it. is supposed,' of a ' robbery at' Dannevirke. Hp was}remanded: till Monday. -. LAND BALLOT, Napier, February 19. - : Tho ballot for tho Tangati estate took ■place to-day, there being 180 applications for the twelve sections. , The': following ;wore : successful:—A.. :H; ;.Eudd (Martin-' borough), W. C. O'Reilly (Wavorley)j ,N. D. Barrett .(Wellington), C. !E.' Lowe (Hastings), I'. 1 Mahohy .(Napier), Wm. lJroome (Blenheim), Donald Wardell (Ashbiirton), ' Ann ' Osbomo (Carterton), Bruce Barnett. 2 • (Inriewood),, Nathaniel -Lowe (Hastings), Arthur Ford (Welling-:. 'toh),, : August-.Scha'aror(Makotu!£u), Htm IN BRIEF, . Hastings, February 19The! delegates' to tho' ,; Fire' Conference are arriving. 'The D. Buddo will address the-conforeneci .on ,Monday. Gisborne, February 19. • ■' :The secretary'; of-, tho Harbour.. Board has been advised - thats the plans for tho ' extension of "the ' breakwater', * have~ been placed, before ,tho Governor for pp-. provaf. : 'V". : - ;