'BIO GUN SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1403, 1 April 1912, Page 3

'810 GUN SHOOTING.

On Patiirdn.v Xo. " Cohmany. 'Wellington Garrison'Artill-ary. under Captain A. G. Hume, Ittd their fiyst real practice in Ing fun fi'rini; frnni .fort Ballr.nce. It will be ramenilMi-cd that incst of tlii* company were recruits beforu they went into their annual KKk's camp, ami were only allowed to lire with the 10-noiuiders at that time. On Saturday, however, they find two series with the Gin. Kims. Owiii!? to (he shortness of the course and intomiptions from passing yachts, the h'rin» was slow. Most cf (ho yachts, no doubt, seciiiir ths shoot advertised, kept to the l>otoi'.o sid« of the harbour, but one or two got wjlllin the zone of lire, and seemed to h? in «n lmi-ry to give a clear range. Consetii'.ently ffcw'cr shots were delivered than iiad b?cn nnticiiiated. The shootiiif, , alllioutth not very consistent was quite "oad, coii.-.!d?ri)nr it was the first time the rompanv had fired the Bin. suns. Twice thf shots were accurate iiioutrh to cut tho rone connc'tin;, , tlic tarjjets. First the cud trong-Kons was set adrift, and shortly afterwards the ror.e connectin? the reniiiining Ilong-lvonsr. with- the centre tan;et flag, was scvpiwl. Captain Hume and Lieut. Brown were the U.C.'s tho latin- bsiuK easiulty B.C. Captain Hume expressed himself well satisfied with tho result of tho shooting. Major Conrtnev, Major Monzies, and Captain Bovan, bssides other junior officer", and a detachment of men from Xo. 5 AV.S.A., also \vit!ies?ed the shoot.