GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Mataura Ensign, 3 July 1914, Page 5

GARRISON ARTILLERY.

1 SHOOTING COMPETITIOXS. PER UNITED I'IIESS ASSOCIATION. WELLIXGTOX, July ?. As a result 'of competitions held between the .garrison artillery companies of the Dominion (luring the defence ■year just ended the all-round efficiency shield lias been awarded to Xo. 2.Company, Port Chalmers (iari'iwm Art file ry ; the iShooting Cup to No. 4 Company, Lyttelton, and Hudson Cn>> for Q F Shooting to No. 7 Company, Auckland. Out of nine companies only one, No. 2, Port Chalmers, classified as special, while none of the geiuaiuiin; eight classified als all. The total points secured 'by the virions companies in. the competitions were:— No. 2 Co. (Port Chalmers) 573 noints 1 No. 7 Co. (Auckland), 523 ... 2 No. 4 Co. (Lyttelton), 507 3 No.-5 Co. 4S7 'I No. it Co. (Wellington), 455 5 No. 6 Co. (Auckland), 443 6 No. 1 Co. (Auckland), 420 7 No. 9 Co. (Wellington), 37!) 8 No. S Co. (West port), 317 !) No. 7 Company (Auckland did not qualify for a "snecial" as its figure for heavy guns (SO points out of 125) was not .sufficient. No. 4. Company (Lyttelton), which ended third, was not classified owing to poor results obtained with its light guns.