SIR IAN HAMILTON.
WELLINGTON FORT INSPEVTKI). By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Friday.
Oneral -Sir Tan 'Hamilton inspected Fort Dorset to-day. A fierce southerly gale was blowing. The wrecked steamer Devon, «t Pencarrow Heads, was used as a target. The practice firing originally intended was curtailed Of twenty shots fired almost all 'hit the vessel and exploded near or on board but with no visible effect on the wreck. The funnel
and mast are. still standing. The weather conditions were extremely unfavorable
for shooting. General Hamilton ex pressed him*eW gratified by the prac
tice. Half of the shots were fired by the permanent artillery, the other half by the territorials.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 4, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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108SIR IAN HAMILTON. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 4, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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