BIG GUN SHOOTING.
PETbME^ MVAXS AT FORT EELBtJRi«E!;' /-Yesterday mpriing the. third an* final series of sfemee cpmpany, practice was carried but .by the.Petone; ifavals at I'prf ICelbUrne,, Nganauranga. ,Tho gun squads'.were' cohipokd of men who had npt.tat.en part in the previous practices. : . : Lwuj;enant .H. S: Robinson was battery.-commanderi: and under -hw direction' ; y e fy...:Uniforni. and accurata;'shp.otine .was re-: cprded,.; the results, being/especially'creditable -when, account Ms. takpn.pf the fact that thisf r - es -<JS?' f tei b ? -.wsernits.- Thelrango Taried' from 3800 to 4500 yards,' No- 1 gun fired five rounds,,. a; 3min.«)sec.., and No; 2 grm fivo rounds, in gm.in. 54seb. i- The results of the finng .arenas' follpwi—' '.■-.-, ..' ... 1-mws,6oyds,, > arissj fcplus 60yds., a s& ■■%s* 50yds., a,miss pf. the tarMt ; ldy-ds^a B #^:^ ;
bla ?^, r ? .Kpreseh'ts the-vuinerable ■ wpuld, ~ha.y.e, been- .hit. 'The .squares at the pV, corners;, i^£ t^ i^toßichardson, of ArWiery,, w.ho umpired "the firing;-states- that The will ; strike;cam^
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 8
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152BIG GUN SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 8
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