Volunteer Notes.

Hastings Standard, Issue 512, 29 December 1897, Page 4

Volunteer Notes.

(By MaRHNI-HeNKY.)

In order that this column may be as :omp!ete as possible, and useful to Volunteers and -shooting men alike, I should esteem it a f.tvour if Secretaries jf Volunteer corps and Kille clubs ivould send mc items of interest, such iis dates and results of shooting matches, etc., as soon after they are leeided as possible. They should be addressed, " Martini-Henry, Standard office, Hastings," and should reach this office not later than mid-day on Saturdays, so as to appear in Monday's issues.

The Hastings Rifles held their Boxing Day shooting match on Monday, for the Tradesmen's prizes. There was a good muster on the Te Mata range, and although it commenced raining soon after the shooting started, they finished all ranges ; and all seemed to enjoy themselves. They finished in erood time, all thoroughly wet through. The following are some of the highest scorers, the conditions being the second period second-class Government regulations :

Yd. Yd. Yd

The lowest scorer received the valuable trophy of the usual tin plate and wooden spoon, and at the same time received a deal of good-natured chaff over it.

Lieut. Ware, on behalf of the Hastings Rifles, requests me to thank those business people who gave them the valuable and useful presents to be shot for, and it was only the rain that marred a good and useful days' sport.

I notice that some one with a calculating turn of mind has worked out the following:—lf the standing armies of Europe were marched in rows of five and at the rate of three miles an hour it would take nine and one-half days before every man could have passed a given point. As this is virtually a holiday week the officer commanding the Hastings Eitles has cancelled the company parade called for Thursday next. The first parade in the new year will be on January Gth.

400 500 600 Hp. Tl. Col-Sgt Humphreys 18 15 24 sc. 57 Sergt. Johnson ... 12 12 27 2 53 Private Wave 17 12 19 4 52 Private Stub]ey ... 14 13 12 11 50 Lieut. Ware 13 14 21 sc. 48 Private Bold 11 15 15 6 47 Private Olson 17 7 18 4 46 Private North, S. 18 18 6 4 46 Private Boyd 14 8 12 11 45 Private Dimond ... 10 4 20 7 41 Private Beecroft ... 16 9 6 10 41