TARGET SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 6

TARGET SHOOTING.

; : \ ■ AT-iTEENTHAM.;: ; f f\ ■ ',/Sot'X the r'opening:. of-the; rifle-shooting; season at Trentham -■■ tb-morrbw f aftern'qon. the following--.targetsv.have: been- allotted:: : : Collins : .;Eangei' : 200 - and •: 500;-'yards^l te; 6,': Karori: E.C. r 10-12,'-CoUege ', Eifles; •13, U, Dominion'Scouts;ls-17, P; ; and T. Rifles;'lß-20,. D Battery;i2l,: 22,; HiittTal-; :ley Eifles;;23-25, -■'.City.'Sifles.* V^'u:% .:',;- ,::'Som'merville Range,• 200'and"500'yards.: -r-12-15',' Civil Service;:.: 16-19,i ; r Highland Rifles;: 20-22;>Guards...: :-yk- ?;■'•';■;- ''^Ar,

:'.Companies:;are; asked not to'apply;.in. future. for' :mpre:'targets;,; than'jthe'y. ;'re-'. quire, :as-.',,the:number available..will i be short of, .the; number required -until the '. repaifs:tb, the\tange ■are completed."-: i'.:: >

';'.Councillor.' Luke■;'askedj the"{:Mayor , last 'eveni-rig .whether'he ;;was. ; . v prepared.:,.'tb' make.-a :, : statement;;in'feference^'to.rtUe approaches of the,Hutt.-pipe ! :bridg'e.'; ; -Mr;! Wilford .repliedsthat .he could,make \ no .statement . regarding ■<; .'these:,--/approaches: ,until>>a'•'•report had ..been{,obtained {from .ihejGityi.Engineer'defining {{the{: necessary.' deviation, of; the. i , 'main&--.;.^urtheT l ;''''aii .'arrangement would have ,to. be{.made: be- ; - 1 tweeii'-.-the ■ Petohe; $prough: ;Couhcil:.;.and : the{ City; Council/ibefore'it'was'.: possible] to.-, define ;the .i;,^;.

(/Councillor Barber. (asked- the' Mayor; last: evening;, whether, .any.i.ihformation/,/was' : : tramline -beyond : .Constable;; Street;" /The. Mayor, replied thai ".when.; a ('report/had. been' received .from;; the/engineer /aY/tb J the,cost - ofenlarging- the :Kilbirnie-:.tun-. ]nel;Uh'e;,iwb/prppositi6iuyyoiild/;-te/liud-.| ; bef ore'.tbo; council./; ■;///;//':/•//// '/(/ ;/A: set : of new-';'standing, orders/for'the City/ Council-was '■■recently by.'a (committee.'/.Mr.:/H.'/Otterson/- Clerks to" ■the, 'House of Representatives, :&as .'reviewed,'the;draft':'copy,--and:(in/a letter whibh/--was/r»ad : ;-at:''fasi. v nigh.tsr\council meeting: he ••.stated: that: he/had-, but/very; feif (alterations/to .'suggest'/' Hefvadded/ "Any;payment- to.me'is/ "of ,;cpurse,'/but' of."the .question.",- The. ,Mayor;;-:,said-';;it' was '-very, gratifying-' that '.so/high/'an ;au- : . thority ; on -standing /orders':; could,: suggest so-few, improvements/ (HeAmoved; a.; hearty yofe; of-thanks; to';Jlr.-Otfersoh,.and: : this' was' : unanfmously';f ] carried. •:/:;Councillqrs; also'assented 'with.applause: to (a■'remarkby Councillor./ Luke that" tikey / owed/a debt.; of gratitude to/their", late colleague Councillor Devine/for bis! skilled..assistance; :in-'-^:his;:.matter.-', ■/;':;v/;:/•;■/■"'/.;::-;/;; '.': The Reserves Committee 'repor.teditb.-the. . City ; Council ■'last evening /.that;. Mr/ A; : E.: L. ■ Bertling/ late superintendent' of/the. Zoo,'ceased- duties?on' September:-'30,/and that they had/placed-Mr.--; J. Eangridge rin; tempbrary! charge:; .of: -.the./institution.'' They - recommended ;■' that, Mr.: Le ■• Speuf; director-: of ..the Sydney. -_Zoological ; jGar-! dens,' be -asked-.to • state', upon' what- terms he would -come; to; Wellingtoii tbvr'eport as■:to ..the .present': 1 "position/ ofYthe/Zoo, : and : on. future : extensions.' ; i mehdation was agreed ; to./,!/',".','•',:'/////

' .-"This/ committee '.'has 'no recomm'enda-, tion to make", says/the .ohairmah- of/the •Public Petitions' Committee' the ; 'petitibn of.l^uis:Charles:B-pskru'ge,' ; Wellington,'for; compensation for:.lo£s. of increase; of. salary,:in'respect ;of 'ment from;.' the. Public •'//"'■;';-;/:

.-During : OotobeT 4:thirty-nine applications for rjer-' mission ,to .erect" alter, or.extend;buildings were received;. by the! City, Cbrpora'tipn, and in'byenty-seven -instances plaits' were; approved;'and; permits issued. ;The: value of the work authorised was 'as'-'ibl-lmvß:—City, ,£2465; Melrose, total;: '£7820.:'::■';//■ /;>:■;;■;;'>:// /,. :'•///>/' '"The following,list.of successful'and'un-: successful tenders, for \ the' erection. of .departmental:'buildinis'at 'ChristcKurcK; is : published'.'in the' ", Gazette" :T-Acc'epted—, J. -and .W. Jam'ieson;(Limited),-."Christv church, d£53,564,:;/'Declined-yiowie'and; Matthews,,'SYellingtbn,':iss,Bt3;H. Green,' Christchurch, ; 12s:;E ; Orr,. Dunedin, ,iE56,984, 7s. 4d.";-- Greig,. ;and'Sons, Christchurch,. £656,956;' Graham and Greig, Christchurch, .£57j130;: Hughes hnd Hansford, ''Christchurch, iE59,667.95.';..-D. : -Scott and. Son,.Christchurch; ;'i£59,780;' ; -John Smith, Christchuvch;: .£60,597.55.. lld.-i'-W: T..Maher, .Christchurch/;dS6o,64o;;Taylor Bros.-, Christchurch/ ',£&t,489;- A.'Bain, Dun'e'din,'■'^66,3s6j'.vE. 'Henshall,:-Christ-' ;church,■.JE66,Soo;J-.';, ' /.:..;</:";/;. , "Referring/to; the "mission. at ■'Dahhe; yirke,; conducted; by 'Canon'. Ivens' (who: is now, taking the .mission services at : St: Paul's;. .Wellington), the',' " Dahiievirke Advocate " ' 'writes:' - ■■-" The '/'."/ services have ' been largely : attended,'/- and , : 'the addresses have : beeii, '• followed ."with the -closest interest. The-, missionerpos-: I sesses gifts,-which peculiarly fit him.for. the 'duty. , He is earnest and convincing — a man' of high mental culture and wide' scholarly,'attainments.: Hevis'.-a speaker of' no ordinary power, and his addresses are : puncttiated with,: a wealth of homely illustration which enables: him ■■ to.-';tiiakc the points, of his : discourses' (stand out ; in bold relief." Writing in the' "Dannevirke Evening News" the Eev. E/Eobertshawe states; "The interest in,the;mission has gone on. increasing day by" day, as evinced byvthe steadily-increasing num--bers of hearers. Those who have listened to Canon Ivens have' heard a great preacher, and also- a, divine—two things' which are not.,always combined." To listen, to, the .sermons, .of., the mission : has been a course in'divihitjv.and.'when Canon Ivens leaves ; we feel'sure that':.the: work ho has;done will remain."' '.:'>s!: : .'■',■

The following allocation of: funds;; in respect of primary -and secondary e.ducar lion, has been, made by the .Wellington School .Commissioners';— Wellington-, Education Board, ,£323' 6s. Bd.,- Wan'trariui Eduoation Board,-'.£l76' 13s. 4d.'i 'ton Boys' College, .£B7 12s. 4d.;-Wellingi. ton Girls' College, 37 Bs. ,Bd.; Wanganui College, .£37 65.: fid. ; Palmerston North High School, >637 25.. id.: -