SHOOTING.
Artillery Shooting. No. 3 Company. Auckland Division, carried out its first series of annual class-firing, from Gin. BL guns, at Fort Takapuna on Tuesday, when a very fine performance of big-gun shooting was made. The range was 4150 yards, 12 rounds being fired, and 12 hits actually made. The series was a very pretty one to observe, as all the rounds fell so close to the rope connecting the two Hong Kong targets that, as observed from the battery, every shot appeared to be a waterline hit. The officers present at the practice were Col. Davis, Col. Patterson, Major Hazard, and Surgeon-Capt. Girdler. The battery commander for the series was Capt. Moran, Capt. Pilkington acting as umpire. Capt. Richardson, who attends all artillery class-firing, states that this is the best performance he has seen this year.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 7, 17 February 1909, Page 12
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137SHOOTING. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 7, 17 February 1909, Page 12
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