BIG GUN PRACTICE.
ON THE NEW ZEALAND
During her big gun firing off Akaroa the New Zealand presented a very different appearance to that shown while in Lyttelton, says a well-known Territorial officer, who was on board when the vessel cleared for target practice. She was generally dismantled, and really ‘ready for action.’ The gun-firing was started over the starboard side, and almost directly underneath is the gun room. After the firing took place it was found that in the gun room the piano was overturned, and in all directions chaos reigned. Books and crockery were littered all over the floor. It was found, he said, that in all parts of the vessel electric lamps were broken, while on the deck the flames from each gun scorched an area of about 12 ft by 20ft, and licked the deck black in that space. Strips of metal, a fireplug for instance, were torn up, although they were securely screwed down, and the pitch needed replacing. The band containing the words, “Ao-tea-roa” was broken completely in half.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1107, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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175BIG GUN PRACTICE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1107, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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