THE TERRITORIALS.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13316, 17 January 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE TERRITORIALS.

I!EG IMEXTAL ORDERS. (From "The Colonist," Jan. 11.) Among tlie regimental orders issue* l).v Major AY. Bryant, commanding 12th (Nelson) Regiment, are the following :— The officer commanding the distrid has decided on the formation of a Can terhury District Rifle Association ii accordance with G. 0.197-11. The fol lowing will be the committee of management :—President (ex officio), tilt officer commanding the Cantcrbur military district. "'Members, tho officer commanding Canterbury .Mount ed Rifles Brigade (ex officio)', the officer commanding Canterbury Jnfantn brigade (cx-officio), tho General Sta'f Officer Canterbury military district (ex officio), Captain H. S. Uatehelor Captain R. M. Irvine. Hon. Sew oai'.y. Captain A. AY. Maearthcr Onsloir. Voluntary courses for officers anr non-commissioned officers will, if possible, be held immediately previous tc the annual camps of units. They wii l)e for four days continuously, oi seven days evening and early morn ing only, as can be arranged by offi eers commanding units. No pay wilj bo given, lint all ranks will be provided with quarters and tents, ;i lodging allowance, and will he rationed. Travelling allowance will be admitted in addition to free passes. Mr. AY. X. Dates has been appointed Quartermaster-Sergeant on the permanent staff, and lias been posted v this regiment. Officers commanding companies wii issue instructions to ensure that members of firo brigadrs attending drill or parade are immediately allowed t<. fall out on the the alarm sounding. The following renllotment of area? in Xos. 11 and 12 area groups, am, the reorganisation of the 12th am 13th Regiments of Infantry will take effect from tho Ist January, 1912:-— (I) Areas 48 and 44 are transl'errei: <"'■"<" So T> nvjiiin +■<>.■>?<■> !■' i™-i group, and area No. 41 is transform from Xo. 11 area group to Xo. 12 are: group. (12) In consequence of tliii reallotment the following changes ii the organisation of Canterbury Infan try Brigade wTI coino into force fron this dat-e:—(a) Tlie infantry com panics drawn from Xo. -11 area will Ik transferred from the 13th (North Can terbury) Regiment to the 12th (Xel son) Regiment, (b) Tho infantn companies drawn from areas Xo. J; and 44 will be transferred from tin 12th (Kelson) Regiment to the 13t! (North Canterbury) Regiment, oxcep' that the company (now G. Company 12th Regime-nt) drawn from the neigh buurhood of AYestpurt, will be allotte* as_ a coast defence company to tin West-port Coast Defences, and will In atuched to the 13th Regiment as ai extra company. The following is tho miniimnr amount of training that must be performed between January loth ant May 31st, 1012:—By Territorial officers and soldiers: (a) 12 drills (in-dooi or out-door drills, (b) Four half-da;* parades or two whole-day parade:;. (These will only bo held under an officer. Xo half or whole day parad?s will be held until every member of tlu? company or similar body for whom the parade is ordered has attended at lcast_ six drills.) (c) Seven days' training in camp (exclusive of the days of arrival and departure), (d) The course of musketry laid down for this year (by trained soldiers transferred from tlie A 7oluntecr force only). The attend inee -of all ranks will bo marked up in the note books and attendance rolls pro\ ided for this purpose. Companies will bo lettered as folfollows:—A Company, Stoke; JS, Blenheim; C, AVaimea; I), Kelson; E. J'icton. Lieut. A. A. fj. Hint/, is posted to A Company. Private information has been received thait Captain Grace, of the H. lottery, X.Z.F.A. (Nelson) has passed "an excellent examination" for his majority, and that lie will be gazetted a major at once. Tho first examinations (theoretical) under the new defence system were held in November last, and the Kelson officers who went up were Major Bryant for his lieut.-colonelev, -'nd Captain Grace for his majority. The practical examinations are to follow. A sc-rions accident is reported to have occurred to a c-yo'ist during tho holidays. Me was descending the llai Saddle at a smart pace, ami when negotiating one of the corners in the road crashed into a motor car driven by Dr. AYilliams, of Havclock. The syclist went clean through the glass wind shield of tho car, and was badly cut 'about. A startling accident occurred at one of the ferries on the AVainu river .darlborongh, a few days ago. Tlie ferryman was induced to take a settlers' horse iind gig aboard the punt winch was already comfortably filled' The rear gate could not bo shut on account of the trap partly projecting. AA'hen in midstream a horse in front became restive, causing the horse in fhe gig to back suddenly over the platform of tho punt, and in a moment horse, trap, and freight were swollowsd up in the swirling waters. A lady passonger- -sprang from tho vehicle not x moment too soon;'but- lost her outfit prepared for- an extended holiday. A telegram from Timaru states that, he infant-of Mt and Mrs Skinner, if the Shamrock'Hote*, had a narrow iscape from de^th on Sunday aftericoii. The child was put to bed tipitairs, anc] the window left open. She tot -out on the wido ledge, and. was ibnut to fall, but took hold of a elephone wire, and held on for gome niuutes. The onlookers clid not seem ikely to be in time to do anything., o a man stood beneath to catch her, .nd this he did when she. fell, ana inded her unharmed.

t "Tlio election of a member of the Nelson Land Board took place yestorday. There were five ea.iKiidatcß, j ; raid tho result of tho voting was-as . .follows :—llobert Patterson, Westport. I | :?-39; John Uradcock, ALiirchisou 107 ; i;T. Synies, Takakn. 1-50 ; E. H. Don- . aldsoii, Karamea, 77; G. B. Mclnroe, > Blackwatcr 53. There were 78 inforinal votes. Air Andrew Sino'.air, who rotiroJ by efflux-ion of time, did not . seek re-election. ]. During the Christmas holidays | ilnee yoiui-r Aucklamfers, .Messrs E t and T. MeClintock and S. Porter, . completed a pleasure walk from I ( j \Yhangarei to Auckland, 130 miles, I in iivo days. With the exception of , the first and last days, when 60 mile? were covered, the trampers avowed j 21 miles a day. °

Tlio guossia* oompotition in connection with tho Wairaea'Athletic Association's sports holcl-jit Wakefiold on Boxing D;iy of tho wciglit of tlirc-o f;it sheep was largely patronised, and proved a most profitable "event."' The actual ivtight of.the sheep was aO/Jlbs., and Mr. O. Cole, of l'igeon Valley, was nearest to the coirect weight with 2071b)?., .Mr. \V. Martin, of W'akefield, beiny second with 208j lbs. Tlie raiiHiod from 133{1b.s by a well-known sheep breeder of Spring Grove to 388lbs. ■by an engineer of one of the Anchor Company's fleet. The takings at the «ate totalled nearly £70, which is tl-o second largest amount taken sineo tho inauguration of tho Association fifteen years ago. The ball held in the ovening, in spite of tho wet night, was well attended.