THE DEFENCE FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 825, 25 May 1910, Page 8

THE DEFENCE FORCES.

[. Lieut-Colonel Bauchop, C.M.G. (officer commanding tho district), has approved of the appointment of Captain W. H. Morton as officer commanding No. 1 Com- ,_ pany Wellington Garrison Artillery. The .following"additional officers have signified their intention Of presenting j themselves for examination for, eertifi- ,' cates of rank c.t the quarterly oxamina- , tion to be held on June 1 next:—Lieut. j J. G. Eoache (for captain); ActingLicuts. Slipper and Butler, Hutt Valley, Kifles, and S. Cowles, Johnsonvillc Biiles '" (for lieutenant). Prior to tho commencement of tho first j lecture at tho Wellington Garrison Officers' Club on Monday evening, Colonel • m B. J. Collins, V.D., 1.5.0., moved tho "_ following resolution:—"The members of " the Garrison Officers' Club, Wellington, " New Zealand, desire to place on record ' their deep sense of the loss sustained by the Empire in the death of our gracious " King Edward VII, and would seek to exI press their sincere sympathy with Queen j Alexandra and other members of the Royal Family; that a copy of this rcsoj lution bo forwarded to' his Excellency tho Governor for transmission." The resolui tion was carried, all officers standing. On y account of the death of the lnte King it j was decided that the garrison officers' I , ball will not be held this year. I Bandmaster Gruar, the recently-ap-pointed conductor of tho new regimental band of the First Wellington liiflo bat- " talion, is making excellent progress with his musicians, and some of the recent, practices show that the battalion has B been fortunate in its decision to provide ' itself with a regimental band of its i- own. It is not intended that the band ° will appear in public until tho question r of uniform has been decided. It will then 0 be able to make its official debut as a ? regimental band. 1 There will be no farther battalion parades of the First Wellington Rifles a till the company units havo become " thoroughly versed in the new "doublc- " rank" drill. It is not really now, being r simply a reversion to a system of 'com- ;" pany formation which, the authorities • agree, should never have been departed ; > from. Double-rank drill is more intricate » than single-rank drill. As oue officer puts • it, "with companies in double rank, you • can tie a battalion in' a knot with a a single order, and spend the rest of the : - night untying the knot." e Major Guy Johnston, of tho 19th North !- Stafford Eegiment (Peshawnr, India), :1 who is at present spending his furlough r with his people in Wellington, is an hons orary vice-president of the Karori Eifle t Club, and was one of tho guests at the i- club dinner last evening. ' Major Jolme ston is an ardent rifleman, and one of '- the best shots in his regiment. To-morrow and Friday, at 1.30 p.m.,"' a great clearing and unreserved sale of higholaus jewellery of all descriptions will be held by Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co., at ' their rooms, 26 Brandon Street. Tho cata- '" logue is the assigned stock of a country i- jeweller. Everything will bo sold without e reserve. s Property investors should peruse the 0 ftjlcertiseinent Inserted by Messrs. A. L. I- Wilson and Co. of sale by auction on Wcdr nesday, June 8, at 2.30 p.m. The property I. la situate between Paraparaumu and Waikanao, containing three acres. All particu--1 lars can he obtained at the auctioneers'. t The annual general meeting of tho Wcl- [. lington Acclimatisation Society will bo held In the Musenm, Museum Street, Wellington, to-day, at 8 p.m. e In our auction columns, Messrs. 0. H. Bothuno and Co; announce that to-day, at their rooms, at 2.30 p.m.. by order of the mortgagee, they arc submitting a flvoroomed residence, Stafford Street, Sc:i----1-' toun. The section on which the houso ~ stands is. a triangular one, having 147 ft. ; frontage to Stafford Street by a maximum "' depth of 92ft. The dwelling has bathroom : " aud scullery, and there is also a detached J 1 shed. The property commands a view of 1. Seatoun and the liarbonr entrance, and is :- situated within 250 yards of tho Seatoun i] tram terminus. Details appear in the ad- ,_' vertiscmeiit, and further information may .i he obtained on application to Messrs. Bullcr, Anderson, and Buddie, solicitors, : l or the auctioneers. ]l Messrs. Dwan Bros., Willis Street, Wellington, advertise in this issue a number l " of important hotel sales. Messrs. Criehton . and M'Kny, architects, have extended tho time for receiving tenders, for the erection of the Royal Insurance Company's Building, until Monday, May 30. it , -1' „..r,r- ,-nn nnai.n