Volunteer News.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 146, 11 May 1893, Page 9

Volunteer News.

. Z z’ > i By R IFLE MAN.) ;E. Clatke,' of the Auckland won the company’s gold medal held on the range, last Saturday.. His score was 60 points, and there was a large number of coYripetitbrs. "'Tm 1 Saturday last the Ponsonby Navals rheid a, shooting competition, resulting as follows vx.•.-..1p ; brtn : "’•i •'» Second. Class :—Seaman Di Bremrier 66, P.O. D. Ners 49, and Seaman A. Bumand 48. Third Class Seaman Vazey 63, Seaman Jamiebdif'62, and teaman Joint 48. I Fourth Class :—Seaman Hill 61, Seaman Clark 54,. Seaman. Brown 50. - Hon. Lieut. Dacre still takes a kindly afiterdstl in /the welfare of .the Ponsonby Navals, and recently presented sortie Ri’fids' will "be formally transferred to ihe Ponsonby Naya|s ; ipa ; day qr two. Inquirer.—lf an officer enters a room discern his approach gives the word * attention,’ present spring smartly to atteritiori phift if a soldier should meet an officer in'the street, then the proper military salute should be given with the . , . , t , ,< Last Thursday evening Lieut. Graham of.lhtL- Ponsonby Navals underwent the '■'’practYdai jiHrt bf his'’examination in gtfnnery at Fort Cautley. The presiding board had the assistance of Lieut. Jack .flume, Who is an artillery officer. It does Seem a bit of an anomaly to ,send‘. Majors Pirie and Derron— two inTahtry officers—over to Fort Cautley to examine an artillery,officer in gunnery. Corporal Farquhar of the> Permanent Artillery is Considered oho of the smartest instructors in the force. J ; hada : conversation with Major Derron m reference to the formation of cadet corps or battalions, and the wqfthy Major desjred me to say ’he Avas'prepared'to raise a battalion at once provided thp Government sanctioned the,movement. ~ t / . • •; The ’ dismissal from the New Zealand Volunteer Li Force' of Gunner Edw'ard Brophy of the Napier Navals and Private Frptpont r of the Albert Rifles ought to . •show, the 1 public that the volunteers , are not merely playing at soldiers, but are quite earnest about their duties.' The salutary lessori ' wilp riot be lost briithe force Itself.' ; ‘ 1 ’ -/Dame Rumour has it, that the Kumara 'Rifles, of which Mr Seddon is ho’n. captahb isione of' those corps that Col. put for disbandment, and,this has to do the delay in publishlng'the Colonel’s report. ~ Op. Tuesday, night it was intended to present Sergeant Osborne with the telescope and stand won by the Martini Henry Club at, the N.S.W. Competition, but he was not on parade. / The worthy sergeaiit is not the best attender, but he does not stand alone in this respect. t. . — < . ......... ■ .