VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3686, 15 December 1874, Page 2

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

The report submitted at the annual meeting of the City Guards held last evening shows that the present strength of the cam-pa-'y is seventy, of wh m fifty-four are efficients. The attendance at drill had not been satisfactory, but the committee hope Mnj <r Sartjood’s pr ze will lead to a b tier a a-e of things. Lieutenants Farraat and Douglas were named as worthy of sp cial o mimen lation for th ir z talons attention to the cadets, and it was mentioned that the (if ; ami drum hand, under Mr Corrigan’s instruction, was progre.-sing rapidly. The company has a balance in hand of 1.35 Tae office-bearers for the ensuin year are : Treasurer. Sergeant J M‘Gregor; Hon. Sec-et.-irv, Corporal 4. Coxhead ; Committee. Corporals Hmpson and Treveua, Vols. Murdoch, W. Brown, and Nightingale. The Bruce Rifles fired a matoh with '•’els n Cry Rill s on the 30 hj ult., the ranges being 200, 400, and 500 yards, five slv'ts at e >ch. 'I he Bruce company were victors, making 406 points against their opponents 379. The firing for the select-on of volunteers to represent Canterbury is completed, and the * Lyttelton Tmies ’ says The result of the firing is very unsatisfactory, only one man having qualified for the foot corps and none for the cavalry. Some sat,hfaction may be derived from the reflection that Sergeant Fox, on whom the sole responsibility of representing the Province devolves, is a veteran shot who has distinguished himself in many competitions and wao has bred at several previous compet’tiona for the Genet al Government prize-. Patou, Peirid. and Innes former representatives cn y severally ina >e 72, 70, and GB. The cavalry required to make 6S to qualify (»r four points more that of last year) and Carson, the top scorer, only succeeded in making 63.