AT PORT KELBURNE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 8

AT PORT KELBURNE.

GIJNs!,; ..' ; ; v {-With ■ ..the ; flret .shell : that'; flew;, screaming - put into', the'.harbour','frbin one'of the .6in, gnna :mann«d .''by; the.'. Petone--Nayds '-JLA■turnev' was 'opened ; the' 1909.-10' competition by , the'garrison .gunners , -of /New Zealand. for>.the Coast- : Aftillery-;Challenge Cup. tioti -is carried on all through the..training season \ at -the; several-instructional;/ cumpslat ■the defended. ■pbrts...of ;New';Zealand, /_sd; that -the .filial results lvill'not be: r know.h untir'sorae.tinw . rieit.'year. ::According.;tb the "Instructions. for;Artillery. : P'raqtice,'l9o9-10,"bla , ss- 1 ifiring this year;is superseded by.what is-to;be known practice," ■''...thjj. rules:for .which'state, that' the firing 'is'to-:bo .."carried' out fas : nearly-,,as. possiblei";.under ■ eeryioe. conditions,".at a targec--."whoise -icourse; is intended to'tepresent. the continuous, mpyemenl of an attacking ehipi" For .yesterday's practice ;:the ; 'ranges ■•: varied ,;fronii >■ 3900 - yards; to •, 5000 ■ yards, the mean''Tange: : being. : 42oo'yards.',r.The Hong-Kong'targets iwere"tbyre'dJot'.;a speed of eight "knots, .-Nd.vli gun firing -six r<iuhde in :-'imin. ; '.'.'llseo,'.''an'd'-'/Ho.''' 2 gun five'rounds ■ in. 4riiin. ; :losec.'..:Captaiß."Ellis;V'P.C.V , was battery 'commander '. for-: the' .series,'.:: Lieut. - ; Staridish, B.N.Z.A.;' range-ofiiceri; and. Captain. :Gr-' ,S.! "Biohardson ■ (ohief. instructor: of artillery), ..Cap;tain ■Mickle.-E.NIZ.A.; .umpires, v Major,- Court-ney'-'Wae ■linei-'unip'irS/' The.' tfermwsible error,. wtielOOTyarde'.dver' or iQ -■yarae "short- Of 'the .eleven rounds that yCTe''fifedi : :nine';were-hits, andv'tTio' wore'• inifises. .The ■ results -were'aa .foUdV:--^'.;--.->v/;";^-v-' : •■:/•.• ; S , '-"' -;~;. i \ '

'.'■■ JFirst shot-^-watarlifie'-Ut;' over, a kit'; ■' thiid—*aterline ,! hit'; i fourth—waterline hit; fifth—waterlinechit; sixth—w&terlino-'hitj :9eVerith-'lo«'over, :'a; h^;:';eiKlith—7o. shbrt, ; :a' .'miss }'■ n.inth^>Bo : -eh6r£ a>miss; ■ tenth—4o ' short, aihttV-eleventh^O'short; ■ a.hit.-"-;',■•'■•■ :\--'-K . ■•.. ; liTafccordaiice'-witli' the rules'for service comS any 'various/members of> tho'gun et;achments - ''casualtied ,, —put ' out , of aotionyduring-the. series. ;;:The -time for, a i'serie's'.of /sis-rounds is .five. minutes';3o that- the'Petone gunners'were :well withinMhe:lirait.v;;'i.;,,V; >'.; >,-•.,^;.V, : " H 'There .were, also,present at the firing Captain! ■Knyyett, .'Lieutenant;', Greenough,v and; SurgeonCaptain .MurrayUpf ;No. Garrison. •'.■ Artillery;.. Division),- ■ fiteutenantC.olqnel G. : F. •;£ Campbell ■.(Officer.;'Cpmmanding the Wellington '■• Division), ' Major. J.:,E. Hume, E.N.Z.A.y and" Captain E. 0. ■ Chesney, α).A.4G^-■:.■■.;;■vr ! ■:v: ; •;■-•^;,■.:v : ■v'<::■..■■■. : - ■ ■ *WO'. V

, : The? iabove'.■rectangle , represents the length of. a hostile which covers tne-area of. her vitals. ■In 1 service/practice-Jin,gunnery -it. is repfesented I .by, ; the .space between■ , the Hong-JKcra'g targets;.,which ;.!s/increased. Qi "diminished according ,;tp.-the;: type iof ■/ ship , supposed .to" -be under ,fire.\,Theivertical space .of-, the '"rectangle .represents :'tjlp distance, from the 'ship's '"waterline., to .itbe'deok.'.':-- It v will>thus ;be ; seen. ; that -no fewer -than ..five.; of- .the shots struck fair oh the iwaterrline', l :two'oustia little 1 above, : while two more,hit jast; about .tb.o'ship's.'deck.: f In:.actual :hoßttH,yes^tUe.?BhipVwdtild.':-iww/'be.--'aij"'. : untiiy rwrecliV'" .^"' '■':':i.:\ U' :]-'r'.":-' : , ,'"'-y .::;'■ -■• ■■'^'