EASTER MANOEUVRES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 89, 14 April 1908, Page 8

EASTER MANOEUVRES.

The Permanent Artillery moved out to the Miramar peninsula yesterday to man the forts during the Easter manoeuvres. They will be joined by the Wellington and Petone Navals on Thursday. Colonel Robin, C.8., Chief of theGeneral Staff, returned to Wellington from the fcouth to-day. Major Hume, R.N.Z.A., will leave for the south to-night to act as Coast Defence Commander and artillery staff officer during tho Easter manoeuvres of the Canterbury district. Colonel Tuson, Quartermaster-General, left Wellington for Auckland this morning, to be present at the Easter manoeuvres in the north. Major -Hughes is to attend the Easter manoeuvres on tho West , Coast. Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, commanding the Garrison Artillery division, has selected tho following staff: — Captain Symon, R.N.Z.E. (adjutant) ; Sur-geon-Captains Gilmer, Perry and Shand (medical staff) ; Regimental »SergeantMajor Withers ; Divisional SergeantMajor, Quartermaster Doncaster. A half-company of tho Johnsonville Rifles has been detailed for night guard duty at the "Red" base. The camp is in charge of r Staff Sergeant-Major M'Nair at present. The "Red" force, on assembling at Johnsonville, will be divided into three separate field columns. No. 1 column will be" commanded by Major Tate, of the Wairarapa. Infantry Battalion ; No. 2, under Major CD. Mackintosh (Wellington Rifle Battalion).; and No. 3 under Major Halpin, of the Napier Battalion. Colonel Hawkins, at the South Canterbury Mounted Rifles' annual dinner last, week, referred to the difficulty soaietimes experienced in getting employers to grant leavo of absence to their men for tho annual volunteer camp and manoeuvres. In his own experience as a volunteer (saya tho Christchurch Press), ho had only met with one rebuff in asking employ eis to let off their martial assistants, and as a result he "never went back to jthat shop for boots." Mr. F. G. Bolton writes:— "Will you please correct a- slight mistake contained in a paragraph in your issuo of yesterday, where- )t is stated that I said in peply to a deputation that I did not think tho casual hands being engaged on tho wharf would have any objection to the passengers from tho terry steamers passing along tho breastwork at tho samo time, and that the passengers from the ferry steamers knew how to conduct themselves. What was really said was that tho casual hands would be no objection to the passengers passing along, and that they (tho casual hands) knew how to conduct themselves." A large number of passengers irom the Old Country will arrive in Wellington next week. They are destined for various parts of the Dominion, and tho majority are travelling in tho thirdclass. The number booked for Wellington is 100, for Auckland 97, for Lyltelton 46, fw Port Chalmers 38, for Bluff 22, for Napier 18, for New -Plymouth 17, for Wcstport 13, for Gtsborno 8, for Oreymouth 6, for Nelson 5, for Tiniaru 3 ; total in till classes, 381. Mr. Robert Parker and friends will give a sacred concert in the churchroom, Wadcstown, this ovening, at 8 o'clock, and Mr. Rowley has arranged a recital ol 'sacred music at St. Anne'ts, Northland,