NAPIER CARNIVAL.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 513, 26 March 1908, Page 3

NAPIER CARNIVAL.

. ■«» • THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT. FEILDING GETS A SECOND, rPKB PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Napier, March 25. The military tournament in connection with the Carnival was commenced to-day, when the various infantry events were got off, some taking place in Glive Square, and the remainder in the Theatre Royal during the afternoon and evening. The weather was showery all day. About 460 competing volunteers were present, competitors coming from Auckland in the north, and as far South as Invercargill. The following were the results: — Signalling (Morse) — Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifles 1 and 2, Ponsonby Naval Artillery 3. Brigade Competition — Bugler C. Knock (Napier Cadets) 1, Buglers 6. Waddington and C. R. Smith (both of the Christchurch Imperial Rifles) 2 and 3. Tug-of-War.— Napier Fire Police 1, Feilding Mounted Ritfes 2. Physical Drill.— Wellington City Rifles 1, Invercargill City Guards 2, Hutt Valley Rifles 3. Tent Competition — Greytown Rifles 1, Palmerston North Rifles 2. Ambulance Competition. — No. 5 Wellington Field Hospital Bearer Corps and Napier St. John's Ambulance equal, 1. Bayonet Fighting — Wellington Civil Service Rifles 1, Invercargill City Guards 2 ; Palmerston North Rifles 3. Signalling Competition Semaphore. — Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifles 1 and 2, Ponsonby Garrison Artillery 3. Rifle Exercise — Wellington City I Rifles 1, Invercargill City Guards 2, , Christchurch Civil Service Rifles 3. ' Route Marching. — Palmerston North Rifles 1, Christchurch Civil Service Rifles 2, Palmerston North Rifles 3.