VOLUNTEERING.

Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 1

VOLUNTEERING.

CITY GUARDS. On Saturday the City Guards fired the firbt competition of the Benson in their cup match. The high wind was most changeable, Bnd npset the beat of calculations. Toe conditions were: Seven shots at 300, 500, and 600 yards; and the following scored 60 point i and over:—

CAVERSHAM RIFLES. The Caversham Rifles fired their first competition for prizes on their range, Caversham, on Saturday. The condition* were : Seven shot* and a sighter at '2OO, 500, an.i 600 yards. A stroDg wind made go <d shooting difficult —in fact, at. the looy ranges, almoet impossible. This ma'tli counts for Mr Hislop'a cup. Tao foU'.wing are the five highest scorers :

Sergeant bf arlo takes Messrs Craig and Smith's prize, and Sergeant Kremner Messrs Todd Bros." prize.

The Dnnedin Engineers held an afternoon parade on Saturday, mustering at the tram terminus at the Ocean Beach. The corps to the number cf ninety then proceeded, to Tomahawk Beach for instruction in controlled sectional firiDg. The targets used were kindly placed at the ditpo»al of the company by Lieutenant-colonel Smith, and, although' tho high wind which prevailed inUrfered with operation* to some extent; a i instructive afternoon was spent. On Sunday morning the battery did good work "i bringing their six guns up the heights above St. Clair and getting them into position. The guna were brought up the Ravenawoo 1 road and turned into the open country behind Mr fotheringham's residence. Onry two horses were available for each gun, and two detachments manned the drag ropes to assist the borae power. Notwithstanding the extremely heavy nature of the ground covered, the guns were pulled on to the crown of the hill in fifty minutes from the time of leaving the camp, uad opened fire on an imaginary enemy at Morniugton. The time includes the breathing spello allowed to the horws.

Yesterday afternoon the camp was visited by large numbers of people. Afternoon tea was served out, and the Garrison Band was in attendance and played appropriate music.

301) 500 600 Private Portman yd*. ... 23 yds. 25 yds. 19 Hep 9 . Tl. — 7K 'Corporal Moss ... 17 29 21 7 — 74 'O'jrpor.il Collins ... 2S 19 15 8 Private A. Kaper ... 2(i 13 13 13 — t>5 Lieutenant Jack ... 24 21 13 —"64 l'.ivatc 19 13 19 13 — M Private Huggins ... 15 14 13 21 — 63 •Private Sonn^ag ... 18 20 23 - 61 Sergeant Jenkins ... 11 25 18 6 — 60 Private Connor ... 14 21 14 11 - 60 ' 'Range prizes.

SCO 500 600 5 a*. yds. yds. Hep. Tl. •PereeantSearle . 27 21 29 'Sergeant Breniner .. . 20 17 2il 57 Corporal Waugu . 2-t 6 2(i M Sergeant Abel... .. 18 11 15 8 — 52 Corporal M'Laren .. .. 18 17 11 4U