ASSAULT-AT-ARMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2554, 31 August 1915, Page 3

ASSAULT-AT-ARMS

, -'Thri Wellington .military, authorities, :in and' ; Zealand LPafiiotic; Society, ; are, leaving',iio ! stone unturM'in' making:' Situiday.'jieitjan performances.'are .to W-givonji-one in tho afteriporfllai'd'-one in' the ", evening,. when . the --park ; is jto be brilliafttly>. illuminated nised.' The grand''i-ealistic. sham battle',in wMch'a v ; v ei'yUarge.'n u mber.'of-Territorials, cadets , ' alid ; iiurse's 'are 'to .take, part, should .prove. Very: effective and: instructive.' In addi-' tion'_ to this item - there ■'•jvill. be a; massed jiu-jitsu display, by a- special. squad' of the 'Wellington Police-Force, massed -bayonet fighting, mounted and dismounted, and several very interesting . and excitingequestrian events, 'i-wo noval' items will •;be introduced by Captain MTa^len, : ivbo will withstand the combined pulling potter ? of; ; two.,dTaught ! h6rsesr;TYeig'hin»,'approii-' mately, 17cwt., and as a concluding event he will: endeavour to break his . previous swprld's . recoi^^by,'.cutting eight sbeep .in i ■half- while,.;going at' full' gallop- on horseback'.'/ The whole should form one of 1 .the. most novel' and" interesting ' displays 1 ■ever-held at Newtown' Park and should : draw a : huge crowd. -The total receipts, are .in: aid of . the Wounded. Soldiers' Fund.