THE VOLUNTEERS.
Another Mori is tube uiatoh in oonneotion with tho Horetaunga Mounted Rifles was fired in tho Volnntocr Drillahed last night, Lieutenant Hyde's team beating Captain Johnston's by eight points. The conditions woro six uhota osoh and one sighter. The scores were as follows :— Hyde's team — Priv. T. W. Slinn, 27; Corp. Beid, 26 ; Prir. Nicholson, 24 ; Corp. Grant, 24 ; Bugler Sexton, 22 ; Lieut. Hyde, 20 ; Priv. Moore, 20; total, 163. Johnston's team— Corp. Huteon, 26; Capt. Johnston, 25; Priv. Naughton, 23: Priv. Smith, 22; Priv. Walsh, 21; Priv. Marshall, 20} Priv. Rost, 18 ; total, 155. A Government inspection of the D Battery took plaoo at the Mount Cook Drillehed last evening, 50 of all ranks being present. Lieut.-Colonel Newall, who was accompanied by Staff Sergeant-Major Finn, made a minute inspection, and oomplitnented the battery on tha good muster. Aiming and position drill and physical drill, under Sergeant-Major Finn, constituted the evening's work. The second Morris tube oompetition for Lient. Warren's prizes -will be held in the Drillshed this evening.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 39, 14 August 1895, Page 2
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171THE VOLUNTEERS. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 39, 14 August 1895, Page 2
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