TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 965, 4 November 1910, Page 2

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

OFFICERS' EXAMINATIONS. '; The.following. officers have passed thei* > examinations for commissions in the Territorial Force:— ■ • ;' For captain—Acting-Captain Ashworth,.': Hnnterville Mounted Kifies;'Lieut. Sana-'' (lws, Greytown EiHes. ■■■-■■•■•■-"- _i! or lieutenant—Acting-Lieut. Dobbs, : : Hiinterville Mounted Eifles; Acting- . Lieut. Taylor, Fcilding Mounted - Eifies; . Acting-Lieut. Harris, Woimarino Mount- . ed liifles; Acting-Lient. Wilson, Grey- ■: town Bifles; Acting-Lieut. Poyntcr, East " Coast Mounted Rifles.

! ■■-■ DISTRICT NEWS. --■■■: ■•? Arrangements are being made ' ■for a. |even-daj- camp of instruction for the'., First, Wellington Eifle ■ Battalion. No- 'r tnrag definite has as yet been settled with .'. reg ? l t, to the "date-of the camp, but it is '■ probable, that, the period wilf-be so ar- / ranged as to include Anniversary Day, in January next. •••■•.•• . •.■ The New Plymouth High School Dβ- ' "«* Cadets, will go into camp on De-:"; ce " ber 1?.;.f0r a:course of training. Ine following teams have been selected • ■■ to ,in . the -Karori ■ Eifle- Club, teams competition, which .commences on.Saturday next at Trentham.— No. -1 Team.-Deputy-president "Halli-' ': toady, Clout, and Wells. No. 2 Tcain- : m w nt M Mar ?!} all aml :: men Hodder, Claridgo, Marohant, and • ,Tones % No. 3 Team-Kiflemen Burns ; < ca , P ?t n) ', Rjindell, Caldwell, Eichardson, . and England. No. -1 Team-Eifl«men Eabo ■" (captain) Tarr,- Maisey, Tinnev', ' and : Kemp. No. 5 Team-Eiflemea ' Bnlford '- (captain), Judd Standidge, Harris,, and ' Pringle No .6 Team-Eifleman Franco : (captam). Hay, Guise, Butler, and Street. ' lhere- will be a, practice/match: for: mem- ■ bers not selected, for teanis, and emer- v gencies.will be picked on the- range.. For to-morrow's -week-end oompetitiona at Trentham- rifle-range, -the -following, i targets have been allotted-— ■ Sommerville range, 200 - 600 yds- . au &, 15 "? 9: Co ' le S e EiflM > 20-21; D' Battery, 22-24;' Civil Service Eifles, 25-27. Collins range, 200; and 500-yds.-:Zealandia Rifles, 8-9; No. 3 G.A.V., lOrll;. Heretaunga Mounted Rifles,' 12-X3 •■' Dominion Scouts,.. 11.15; Post and Telegraph Kifles," 19-20; Kelburne Rifles, 21-22;, Hntt -ValleyEiflei, a J onn J" 1 25, ' -S^don l -. range,' SCO and 90,0yds-City Kifles/ :i-2; .Post and lelegraph Bifles, 34;. Highland Rifles,s-9. GARRISON RIFLE,ASSOCIATION. • A draft copy of the..oSscialiprogramme for the Garrison Eifle Association's district championship meeting at Trentham January 2 and 3, 1911, is to hand. Under the conditions i for •' this years meeting, the entrance fees have been increased. Previously, senior entries were rated at 12s. Gd.v and;for"jun'. L ors i •. M -' while tho P° st entries .were hxed at los. for .seniors and -10s. -for juniors. This year, senior entrants will require to pay £1, junior entrants, 10s., while the post entries,for senior arid innions respectively .will be £t. ss. and -12s. 6d. Entries closo at 9 p.in.-.on Wednesday, December 21, with Lieutenant H. Hawthorn, hon. secretary, 117, or care Wellington Garrison Officers' '. Clnb. , ... .. , ; The programme of .events includes the ; annual Government prize-firing '(details ' to be arranged), and ten-shot single range V matches at all ranges from 200 vards to } 1000 yards (300 and,7oo.yards ranges ex- ■' cepted), for which the. prize-money has; been divided but equally for each of the / contests —I£lo 15s. in senior prizes, - and £W ss. in junior prizes. .The latter series.:'. o.f matches—from" 200 to 900 yards—constitute the championship aggregate series, and the scores made in these .-will also be:connted in the Challenge Cup 5-men teama ; match. Special prizes at the' meeting i inclnde the Licensed • Victuallers' Chal- •! lenge Cup, awarded .to the-highest ag- V gregate scorer ,in the first three matches.' of the championship series—at 200, 500, r, and:.6op yards—President Marshall's .(Ka- .".' rori Eifle" Club) trophy'for the trrro whocompiles .the lnghest .aggregate -score in : the championship scries, President Hobb's (Eastbourne .Rifle-.Club)- trophy for the ,; highest -aggregate- score '.in. the first three i. matches, of,'the,-.championship!series, and s Messrs^.King and.Henry's ttophy for the _, highest aggregate scorer at the long range ' to .1000 yards. "' ": i.' ■'■';: .-■ A 'promenade concert will be - Ke!d»'at : > the Garrison .Hall on January 4, 1911,: : when the p'rizes won at the-meeting will V be, presented,. -, ~..,.....=.;. .-;..,■-

WEDNESDAY SHOOTING. The Suburbs Defence Rifle Club's Wed> nesday shooting competitions were opened;, wittt some enthusiasm at Hiramar, when, ■firing for the championship ..and other trophies took place. Keen competition is. expected between the 'Wednesday and Sat-' urday men, who ate all in the competition for these trophies. The: club.-'m-tends to adopt 'the , coloured.fifrure target as adopted by the New Zealand Association meeting i early this month. Ranges for next Saturday arc: 500 and 600 yaTds, 10-shot match. Following are the. scores made by the Wednesday men:— '200 -500 600 : '.' .' - yds. yds. yds. TT. H. Mitchell ..-..;. 29 30 34-;,^ J. L. Turner 31 34 58 • 93 T. ; R. Caplin ....:.:. 33 30 S3.'. 88 A Turner, 25—24^-21—70; Dept.-President Newton, 27—23—14—64; W. Wood, 22-9-22-53; *F. Price, •31-29-«0; E.'CoUey, *p. Roscoe,. 23-20-43;. *£... •A. Waters, .28-fiT-34;..W..-Hornig,24-liT-. iq ej . '' ' •Did not compete at GOO yards.