MILITARY EXAMINATIONS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 17 June 1914, Page 7

MILITARY EXAMINATIONS

KOI? PHOMOTIOX OF N.C 0 S The second examination (or non-cotii-m.issw.nfld ofijefcrig oif the [forces and Sfcmor CailotS) who are. seeking commissions in the Territorial Ifo'rces, will bo held throughout New Zealand, at the headquarters of each diat-nel'. on Tuesday, July 14. The cx-. animation was hold for the first time in September last yiitir, bftt in future it is !o be held every year ou tl)o second Tuesday in July. Last Near thoio vein abont Id) entiles but the results disclosed by tile examinations were disappointing, Tins year much bettor results are hoped for, and (it is stated}. aio likch to bo sained. The entries are iis follow: —Auckland. CO; Wellington 38; Canterbury: Gt>; Otr.go, 01 : : total, 225. Shaking tp a reporter yesterday, the Chief af the Genera) Staff (Colonel K, B-. Hoard) said that t.lie entries wore eneourauinpi, and it- was hoped thai a: sufficient number wonlci pas? jo i'oljevo the shortage. of 'Territorial «)(Tsccrs which oMitcd Colonel Hen-d explained that tlio papers would \n- set on the snme lines as (hose of }a.s! .year-. Candidfite.s then had noiiiinß to guide them ■ in their work, but {Ms .year they 'had the ipm comijioliAiisac report issued bv tlio examiners wjtf conducted die flr&t examinations.