FORT MANNING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 6

FORT MANNING.

AND HARBOM BATTLE TRIALS

Some y..(f! iiien of the Eoj-al New Stajland Afti.liefy are now i»uler.golng ; tlroir o.iimtiil tra'iuijtg at Forts |)6rsct, Ifalhuice, ancl ICelWu'ivß, awl, every in«:Ujug, the bemimrg of'Binw is to .bo Ijeijfd over tlio lwitotif. 'Jlfg gn.n.. ih<jpVii)g is wily curded «Ut cmt* jii yew by tlio artillery bW as )]WSt licopfe kfiosv, siybsidiary jiftctice .is dbfa;iii*;.(l 3iy s'tiootJHg lihroitjih iiicli t.itlies littocl into ijm eiins on tfao Steris-tvihc , pcin' ciplfi. 'fills constitiittes a iuseftil' uiid Cheap jirdiiiifaaif .t'O ushij; the guiis for full-oa.ltbre shootiiig. 'Bio nature of iki .pwietieo oft tlipse oecasions lias been oitei) described. tlio ikiisie Scd*'. doii tows tiie Hongkong target r.oifii.rl i'wiit Halsvu-eH. After finding the -tGOO yards liii!! she Steams across '■■tim lia;rtoar te-BttnittS Ishml. 'Bio opclcjr Iα bcgiij iiring is givoh % isjjo tottery eeminander, alid.tho ; l.irMg a projectile , wriß-liiita iOOfli., then open. 'i-Jja target'is separated from the tng b.y a tev -lino, 300 yanls in. length, nmd tlie. ta-ngoi Hself is 69 xarda from flag to iflag. ■ Oil liattJe prsotfce-ivilj. be in* dttlgcu in, and tljo itSrpp.tS frill :pohjß in f«wn ifltlfaiite flie HoaiJs, ensued % pish .port in tiiriJ.' Iftirt .Pofsoi. *.i|l. ■firo J!D iiOrinfls ffojiu'thd 6- ! and) KUi.ia,, ]rQf.fcMktefe 20 jWirtfs itan. ■•the and Fojt Kolbu ; i;ne li l'oiuids froiii Up G-incli gmis. Fort, K«MHirfto. Will also fl-ro .(a£ fr,ni.) I'tj rounds .from tli& ~ . : (S««s run oivly \vi;lf hh ms..d& b>: the targets ■past .port's Dorset -rind liclburniv .and ■these- forts will be required t<j'engage agiiinst a time-limit. A t-iim wi : l,l, be iniide fo,r Fort Ballaiice., ais tlio' cijiiiea is. very, slieait. ' . .'Bm shooting to-ifa-v *|U be coiHited as eqcJi company's effort for tlio sWelde AvJiieh ■ arc opoii for eo.mp.btil.idit by alt tlio Oarrisoil Artillery- eqinpalvitts ■ iin New Zealand. Tlieso ti-bphjos' are the Garrison. A'rtittory effiwdn.c,v shfcld, -teimedium- aii.d heavy Riiiis ■(ffiii. .and Biii..) and the lliidan tfojjhy for eight tflvick. fircFSj. 6-[!.o(mdei-Sj aird'' 12--poindo.i's.