VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE JOTTINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 4

VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE JOTTINGS.

XT SENTINEL. _ : The appointment of Lieutenant John lu» wood as lieutenant of the Hauraki • tSi ■ : l 'j p^piij . The chief interest in volunteering cireU just at present centres in tho-Knvvelt ; ■ quiry, which opened yesterday, and ! !!' port of which appears in another oolamn. Tho fort manning parade, which w*. : ranged for to-night, has been canoelu owing to the general parade of troops, wh ot! 1 took place last night. It is not thought £5 T another fort manning parade will L ffi '* until after tho holidays. f W >ff Tho last daylight parade for the war a tho .No. 1 Thames Rifles was held u2 • Thursday in the form of a sham-fight♦£,! ! I right and left half companies operating against each other. There was anT3' • muster, and all ranks profited from V: operations carried out. ,guJU&fIS Lieutenant-Colonel Horace D. Ecclos'nf the Auckland Mounted Rifles, Lieuti»n««! '' Arthur C. Hingston, Bay of Islands Mounted Rifles, and Messrs. C. F. C. M®W% Stewart, and J. W. Proudfoot, have been • i appointed trustees of the Kawakawa' rifle range reserve. Their office is to djitSftotiS December 7- ITODI ff| || Tho following is tho time-table and list of officers for duty at tho Penrose rifle range noxt month: .January 1 and 3, 1910,'Auck.'' land Rifle. Association meeting; January 300 yds and 500 yds, Major Shereon; ~ Janu! V ary 15, 600 yds and 700 yds, Captain Daw. son; January 22, 200 yds, 500 yds, "and 600 yds.' I Lieutenant Pullen; January 29, - marker? • holiday. The Awlutu Troop of the Waiuku ifouat. Ed Rifles fired recently at Awhitu for % trophy , kindly donated by Mr. E. Wright saddler, of Onehunga. The conditions were I seven shots at 200 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yd», with ono optional sighter. The weather was ; | fairly good, but the shooting on the' whole § was only moderate.. There was a good muster of competitors, and a pleasant ate noon's shooting resulted. Private L. Peter-' son won tho trophy with tho good score of 97. Private E. Coulthard (89) was second. and (Private O. W. Short (86) 1 third, i Captain Carpenter, ono of the staff offioen stationed at Auckland, received a pleasant SI surprise last night, when the member* of the Officers' Club entertained him at a social evening in commemoration of his return to duty after an absence of about threo montbj ' on account of ill-health. There was a Urge ''J number of officers present, and a very pleasant time was spent. During tho evening \, Colonel Wolfe, on behalf of the officer* of the club, expressed his great pleasure 'at i> J being able to welcome Captain- Carpeniw'\ back among them. He then handed to th« I guest, as a small commemoration *of the]::,; event, a very handsome entree dish, which r'r ho asked Captain Carpenter to accept from tho members of the Officers' Club. i|; Captaifl Carpenter feolingly responded, and warmlj thanked the officers for their kindnesa it welcoming him back, and for the tangible expression of goodwill which they had give!' | him. 1 1:';-