VOLUNTEER NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2997, 8 December 1896, Page 4

VOLUNTEER NEWS.

THE NEW COMMANDANT. A battalion parade took place last night in the Volunteer Drillshed, when Colonel PolePonton, Commandant of the New Zealand forces, inspected the corps. The strength was s—Wellington Guards, 49, under Captain •Paterson and Lieutenants Duthie and Harcourt; City Rifles, 50, under Captain Duthie and Lieutenant Muir; Garrison Band, 20, under Bandmaster Herd ; staff officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Newall, Major Collins and Sergeant-Major Finn. The Commandant was accompanied by Lieutenant Maddoob. The battalion was put through battalion drill by Major Collins, and company drill by the captains. Before being dismissed Lieutenant - Colonel -Nowall informed the battalion that the Commandant bad expressed himself as being impressed with what little be had seen, and had said that compared with Her Majesty’s troops the drill of the local forces was slow. THE CITY RIFLES. The City Rifles hold a competition for, all classes at the Polhill Gully range on Saturday. Conditions: 300, 50) and 600 yards, seven shots at each range, for A and £ classes ; and 300 and 500 yards, seven shots, for - C class. As will be seen from the scores below some very good scores wore made. Private Hawthorne headed the list for A class with a fine score of 95 points, while Private Wood, a young and promising shot, headed the list for B class with 80 points; The following aro the scores - A Class.

* Ammunition prizes. Private Hawthorne's team won the teams match. The following are the highest scores in the company representative teams match for the N.Z.R.A. mooting i—Private Guise, 380 j Private Hawthorne, 370; Private Rowell, 370 j Colour-Sergeant Davis, 3GS; Sergeant Jackson, 359 i Cerporal Halpin, 350; Private Marshall, 843, WELLINGTON GUARDS. The Wellington Guards’ A and B Classes held their usual weekly competitions for class trophies at Evans' Bay radge on Saturday, when some very good shooting was made. There is one more competition to decide the trophies, and that takes place for B Class nett Friday morning, and for A CldSs the scores at 300 and 500 yards in the match against the City Rifles nett Saturday are to count as the final competition. Below wo attach Saturday’s scores, togetherwith the highest aggregates, with one match to go, at 300 and 500 yards. A Class (0. D. Mackintosh's and three other

A Class aggregates :—Private Ballinger, 348 j Private Halo, 346; Private Aamodt, 310 j Private Love, 309; Private Leslie, SOI; Private Maoaskill, 29L B Class- aggregate: —Private Edinger, 294; Private Kitchen, 292; Corporal Homer, 260 ; Private James, 264; Corporal Bould, 254. Members are reminded of the Government parade to-night, after which ammunition will be given out for next week’s shooting, and the team to represent the Guards against the City Rifles will bo chosen. The following are the names of the team selected to represent the City Rifles in the match against the Guards on Saturday next; -Colour-Sergeant Davis, Sergeants Jackson and Madeley, Corporal Halpin, Privates Guise, Turner, Rowell, Watson, Hawthorne and Marshall Private B. Halpin. At a competition among tile junior shots of the Wellington Navals for Mr R. Turnbull’s trophy Gunner MoGinity obtained his second win counting for the trophy, with the score of 54 points.

300 500 600 yds. yds. y<js. Tl. Pt. Hawthorns .. 33 30 32 95 Pt. Turns r* ... 31 33 28 90 Pt. Guise* ... 29 30 29 88 Sergt. Madeley ... 30 27 30 87 Corpl. Halpin Ft. Marshall ... , ... 33 ... 23 29 28 22 28 84 79 Sergt. Jackson ... 29 30 20 79 Pi. il, Halpin ... ... 28 29 21 78 Ool.-Sergeant Davis ... 30 29 19 78 Pt. Eowoll .. 28 30 19 75 Pt. Willason ... ... 25 24 25 74 Ft. Luko ... 25 27 21 73 Pt. Banokenburg .. 25 29 17 71 B CLASS. Pt. Wood ,. 30 31 19 80 Pt. Watson* ... .... 21 33 22 78 Pt. Claridge* ... ... 28 24 22 74 Pt. Wiokons ... ... 27 23 22' 72 Pt. Faber ... ... 28 19 24 71 Corpl. liankin... ... 24 28 19 71 Pt. Curry ... 27 22 10 65 Ft. Jenkins ,,, ... 23 17 21 61 C Class. 300 500 yds. yds Total. Pt. Frandi 20 10 48 Pt. Humphries* 15 25 40 Pt. Andrews 23 15 38 Sergt. Guise 12 IS 27 . Pt. Ferguson 17 0 26

prizes). 600 700 yds. yds. Total. Private Love ... 42 , 36 78 Private A. Ballinger 40 39 70 . Private Leslie ... 41 29 70 Private Hale ... .„ 39 28 67 Private Aamodt ... 29 37 66 Sergeant Laoey ... 37 '27 64 Private Eavon ... 39 19 53 Private MacasHll ... 32 24 56 Private 1 hawley ... 29 22 51 B Claes (first prize value £2 2s and two other prizes). Private Edinger ... 42 .34 76 Private Kitchen ... 88 32 70 Corporal Bould ' ... 41 28 69 Private James 27 36 63 Corporal Homer ... 29 29 .58 .