LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 54

LAND AND WATER.

A party of 15 guns, on Mr R. Austin's property at Hackfchorne (South Canterbury), shot 240 hares, Mr D. Fraser being top scorer with 31. One of the gunners on the United States battleship Kentucky has achieved the extraordinary record, with a sin gun, of hitting the target 13 times out of 14 shots in one minute. >The target -was 17ft by 21ft, and 1600 yds distant. A parade of the Wellington Navals was summoned on Thursday night for Mount Ccok DrHlfihed. Five petty-officers turned out but no gunners. Sfcaff-oaptain Biss had been appointed to take charge of the parade, the company's officers having all resigned. In addition io the petty-officers there were present Masbetr-gunner Richardson and the Permanent Artillery instructors. Two men in naval uniform stood outside | the drillshed and a fairly laTge crowd, in mufti, stood across the street. As the time for the parade drew near a r.on-oommis-sioned & officer asked from the doorway of the hall if .there were any navals in mufti pnesent, and an answer came " No." Then the non-com, walked up the hall and saluted the commanding officer, and reported "No muster." whereupon the parade wae dismissed, by the divisions*! corps officer. Information has beem received that R. T. Scott, the professional wnestler, has been arrested in Melbourne on a warrant issued in Inverca-rgill, charging him with wife desertion. A constable will go over next week to secure his extradition. Action was takem at the instance of the Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The Kaikoura fishermen shipped over five tons of fish to the Christchurch market by the Baden Powell last week. This shipment is said to be the result of only one day's line fishing. The Otago Acclimatisation Society otters a bonus for shags killed on inland streams, say, 10 miles from the sea coast. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. PARIS, August 15. TLeorain -won the 100 Metres Ham&icap in lmin 37 l-se.ee. Nobody finished in th« fourmile event. Keran was exhausted 200 metres from th£ finish. ; A SWIMMING RECORD. LONDON, August 16. Billing-ton swam 500 metres at Joinville, j France, in 6min 51eec — a record.