MILITARY TOURNEY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13359, 27 December 1906, Page 5

MILITARY TOURNEY.

Per Press Association. Christchurch, Decemfcea' 2". A two days' intercolonial military J tournament in connect iorn with the, ! Exhibition opened in favourable wea- J ther this morning. Th<» compet»itors n'trmber <550, representing 1 all parts of the colony. Teams from the Melbourne Garrison Artillery and South Australian 'Medical Corps alpo participated. The* Melbourne reps, secured, places in nearly all the events in which they tool'l part, and made' their best appea'ranoa- in rifle and firing exorcises, securing second place, 'aoii.l .being beaton by only half a po'rit by tho Well-, iro^t'or. City Rifles. The cn'g'ineormir work all round was of a high order, as also were the artil lery manoeuvres. Tu§^-of-war both mounted and dismounted were exciting. The dismounted events wwewon 6y the Bluff' Guards team. I. The Melbourne. Garrison Artillery ! provided first and second prize takoi's in the setting tangent , sights event.