VOLUNTEER NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 15 May 1901, Page 2

VOLUNTEER NEWS.

r HE Tar naki Gurds held a parade at tho Oril! rf, I l.e-t v-'ian.', when there was a g ol mustur, u d r Captiin I'-inn , m aid JJ, n'mi.r.ls Cv-k and Holm-s. Ti.e nion woiv. piit thi\,tuh a ii'iuilier of ns ful est reisi-s and weitpined by tic II lies, v. Inn t slnrt ia'6l-.al was oc aipiej in fa tu i;n iiii"g exercise.

A curio.'ity in tho way . f Drenxuiwas 01 view at M<ss s. Okey's »\\A A u LL' ware'nouso on Tuesday. This was a Ma-ser pistol, shown by a travel- . lor for a German firm who we passing through Naw P yiuoutli. The pistol U close, ibo-j, by thoifl well Vti-sed in tuch mi't is, f.s a remarkably handy w a p in, •li ugh raih-r ugly in appear .nice. The barrel is xomewlut longc than that o! the or inaty revolver, while the bu't is a \oi'y short a'id .stumpy-looking affair, bist ad of the u ml cylindrical chi:n- -- vi theie is a de p slot provided, into ■vhioh a clip of he cartridges is dipped. On ieiu< vi :g tho clip the top i. utr.dgo 1 -lidos into (he barrel. On ptv.ssitigthe ti-ippnr in Ihe usual \v«y the caitridgo is t-xplyded, and the recoil caused the empty sh-11 to be thrown tut and the nextcartii-'grf to tdide icto the barrel. The ten cartridges c.ii he died in thr3f seconds. A wooden cso is p ovidel for the pisto', ar:d is singed like a rifle butt. It can if nees-a-.y be affix-d in t m. ment to the putol butt, and the whole at once forms a veiy hv dy litile • id". It is eight, d up to 1000 yards, and excellent shootir.g is said to have '"■ eon trade with it, a pe, uliarity about the back-sight being that it tilts in the oppi site direc ion to the usual rifle sight. Trough, as stated, an ugl>ooking weapon, the pistol is a maivel of simplicity, the parts all fitting into one ano'her in such a manner that there is only one screw to keep the whole mechanism together. Needless o say, the arm is of German mak s; but 't* waie'dence h's be-n rocoghised, and Bii isu army aro now being provid. d wi'h i\