NATIONAL RESERVE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 3

NATIONAL RESERVE

.. - On -'Tuesday, evening . a- return - match was fired off between the Lyall Bay and Hataitai: teams. of * the. National lieserve, resulting .in a. win for..the.latter - by :25 points. - This match'took-place on the.Hataitai range, both t'eams-using the home .team's rifles. \ 'After, the. match' supper ,was dispensed,-, and . a-. 1 most enioyable evening was spent. • On .Thursday evening • tlio weekly! parade was held, Captain Hackworth ;iu command, and under 'the. supervision of . Sergeant-Major, -Lang .the companywas manoeuvred in .the open in platoon and seetion : . formations, the men shoiv-i ing keen- interest in their, work.' This : .unit'have reasons to be thankful forthe valuable services, rendered by Ser-' 'geant-Major Lang,' who has never missed a- parade since he volunteered to _as-: sist in - drilling' tlie "company .'• v _ Tho im'provement tho men have made must indeed be gratifying to him; -After; the unit returned ,to the;'shed, the opportunity was .taken 'of; the pre l serice of-Sergeant C. J. Ashton (late. Captain; of,the Lyall- Bay .section): to present that'gentleman with a..;tokeii of comradeship,- in; tlio:shape■ of a wristletwatch, prior to''his, departure; to. the. front with, the Eighth Reinforcements. Three heary cheers wero given for. Sergeant Ashton, tho men singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow."