R.N.R. FALL IN.
THE DRILLS ON THE PIONEER. ' (dt TtLXQEirn—ruKsa associatio.i.) ' „ • i . . Auckland, May 13. .The. drilling'.of local Royal Naval Reservists on board the H.M.S. Pioneer at th» Queen Street Wharf the curiosity of a large number of people.. The Pioneer has. been in port nearly 'a,.,week, and, every, day', the reservists are. put through gun and riflo,drill, and navy, seamanship. ; The, re.' servists. aro called upon for drill every yoai ' —seamen for a month, and firemen for . a They receive a ! remuneration of £8 per annum, and a slightly increased pay when. they have qualified as '.'trained men." Tho, complement. of tlio Pioneer is largely oomposed of Now Zealandors, no fewer than one hundred and twenty out of . the 200 or? board belonging to this Dominion. , , Tho Pioneer; completes the drilling of reservists in about three weeks' tuno, Sho leaves Auckland /on June 7, and will Bpehd the nest three or four.weeks cruising about the gulf. She is! expected to reach Wellington on June. 30, and will stay at the southern port throughout July,"... drilling reservist* there. . ■ ■. . ... 1 ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 4
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179R.N.R. FALL IN. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 4
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