MILITARY TOURNAMENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. PALMERSTON N.. November 9. Notwithstanding a dull cloudy day, with a colj wind, there was again a satisfactory attendance at the military tournament. The events were gjt off with promptitude. Results:— Field slutchn'g: Acting-Bombard-ier wood. D Battery Field Artillery, 93 point?, 1; Sergrant Lambert, D battery Field Artillery, 80 points, 2. Eleven competitors.
Sword v. sword, mounted. — Quartermaster Sergeant Paterson, Mamiwatu Mounted Rifles, 1; Sergeant G. Lovelock, Manawatu Mounted Rifles, 2. Three competitors. Bugle competition for cadets : F. Picot, Normal School, Thornton, 89 points, 1: D. McDiugall, Normal School, Thordnon, and Meyrick, Campbell Street, tie for second place, with 84 points each. Six competitors. Bayonet v. bayonet: Private nitehie. Highland Rifles, Wellington, 1; Private K. Feasey, Wellington City Rifles, 2. Eight competitors. Lemon Cutting.—Sergeant-Driver Jenson, D Battery, 19 points, 1; Trooper H. Jickel l , Manawatu Mounted Rifles, 14 points, 2. Bugle Competition.—C. R. Smith, Canterbury Highland Rifles, 1; H. Adams, No. 4 Company Engineers, Wellington, 2. Tent Pitching and Striking.— Greytown Rifles, B team, 1. Time of picthing, 2min 38sec; time of striking, lmin 43sec. The Greytown Rifles A team was second. Field Ambulance.—No. 3 Company, Christchurch A team, 83 points, r l; No. 5, Wellington, B team, 77 points, 2. Rifle and Firing Exercises.—Wellington City Rifles, 91 points, 1; Wellington College Rifles, 90J points, 2. Trumpet Competition. Smith, Canterbury Highland Rifles, 1; Sharp, Seddon Horee Rifles, 2. Route Marching. Palmerston Rifles, 92£ points, 1; College Rifles, Wellington, 89J points, 2; Wellington Highland Rifles, 84 poinls, 3 Tent Pegging.—Sergeant-Driver Janson, D Battery, 1; Corporal Simeon, Fielding Mounted Rifles 2. Building Field Observatory. —No. 3 Company, Auckland Engineers, 1; No. 5 Company, Wellington Engineers, A tejm, 2. Stretcher Drill for Bandsmen. ~ Wanganui B team, 1; Wanganui A team, 2. Morse Signalling.—Post and Telegraph Rifles, Wellington, A team, 1; New Zealand Artilltiy, 2 Semaphore Signalling.—Post and Telegraph Rifles, Wellington, 1; D Battery Field Artillery. Wellington, A team, 2; College Riflss, Auckland, 3
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9645, 10 November 1909, Page 3
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325MILITARY TOURNAMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9645, 10 November 1909, Page 3
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