VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9610, 7 September 1894, Page 6

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

The "A" battery paraded last evening for monthly inspection, at the drill-shed, under the command of Captain O'Brien and Lieutenant Boswortb. There was a fine muster, considering the weather,, of 63,' all told. Colonel Goring personally inspected each man, and asked questions. „ He expressed himself pleased with the way in which the questions had been answered. The battery was' then pub through some tactics by Captain O Brien, and also through the course of rifle - exercise of the coming , volley firing practice. The non-commissioned officers went through the sword exercise before Colonel Goring, and acquitted themselves creditably. Corporal Browne was presented by Captain O'Brien with the Battery's belt, which he has won three times in succession. " The captain, in presenting it; expressed a hope that some of the other members would attempt to wrest the honour from Corporal Browne, whose steady attendance at drill and excellent shooting was proverbial. Gunner Henderson won Captain O'Brien's frize for shooting, and Sergeant-Major (oughty won the prize presented for competition by Gunner Saunders. A number of ammunition prizes presented by the non-commissioned officers were also firesented to the respective prize-winners, t was decided to have a church parade as soon as the weather was more settled.