BIG GUN SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 655, 4 November 1909, Page 8

BIG GUN SHOOTING.

: ;?BTbNE; ;.navals at, foet'-'-kelbtone.';' ■■;■ Yesterday';■ morning • ■ the eepond , series ' for .classification , ; in- 6jn.:'gun; ehooting/was' ,? fire<i ,by Navals under.'6imila,r cqnHitio6s the .■previous day, excefit that the( | wenither vtas very, different, there being, no wind.; Tho.firSt shot this' jndrnriig'was an exiiot ■wter-lM»;.-att'.;at ( 45f10 oyardsi'/th'ns' proving ;thaV.'nat; only, chad vthe;. battery . commander made hio calculations correctly,: but. that the men;behind;the-gnne .were serving their pieces i 'The: series was a .very'pretty on'e •tbl,wßte3i,-.-all.-the.'roiinds'fir&d. being hite.'-al-though...on«jroTmd narrovVly esoapeu being a ,miEB, .the'reoord. shjiwfne that it would have r'egulationVtargftt.' .. ITie gun squads ..were' 'entirely composea' of 'men who were,not<in the gune. and, their .records... to-day ■ ,were eyen better than for ,the ■ first .series."- Lieutenant 'Price was the battery; commander.''The; resulte were as follow (permissible error ■ 100 yds. over, and 40yds.' elDrtJi-ri'.y ivaiorJine;" 2,' miinnß : 10yds.; .3, •■ minus; ■.ilGyds.';,";'• 4,>' ■■ plus : ; 90yds.; ■■■ ■5, •■ plue 40yds.i 6, plus 70yds. J 7, plus.4oyds.;' 8, plus 100yds;j,?,;, lttinus-lOyds.';: 10,. ; plus. 80yds:'V;W- ■. '■■■ No. 'l'gunr fired five. rounde-iinUmin.- esec,'; 'No. r fiveiTOundein'Smin.i-SOEBc. Tfce ■nieah^fee/:forthe^se , riee' : wae.3inra,'.ißs^(s ,, ras , compared'with,4min..loieec. , in '•,«» first series. A numlwr of casualties were/made to. test the ability: of:--the.details to•maintoin effective fife while suffering loss in both material and personriel. -.:,■.'; ■..'•'■.'' .■:•.. •■'..■;■■.■■■;'•■•'. 'The officersjwhei'vTete.'p'reseirt and- , witnessed the shooting were:—Lient.-Colonel E.'W' C. .ChayJw,'-Headquarterp';Staff;.: laeut.',Col'6nol Campbell,"'' Officer Commanding. •Dividonj Cap- . tain./Knvvett .'and ;,Surgcon-CSiptiam ■: Murray Auckland Division; Major , Kirk;', Captain Chesney, :• p.A:A.G. Sxlrgeon-Capiain Perry Vas.'bn- duty as -medioal ..officer.■'..- Captaina Richardson, and .Mioklp; acted -ae umpires Major- Courtney, as: line-rimpiro, and Lieut' SEandrish.'R-.N.Z.A., .range officer. \ ,"...-.. ' [■Colonel .Campbell, Offlcor', Commanding Division,- :Si J - : a special,parndo •of ;'the- company 'oh Tnesiay;night,-.criticised, the snooting of the first .eenos, and ;. also, ::oriticieed yesterday's shoptiiiig rast. evening. : ' •'.-; ; ' : ■~ ■; :.. 1,;';,-,;;:,,;10. Rounds-IP Hits.-;;".:'; ,, ;.', '': -.■:•■'