TERRITORIAL TRAINING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1939, Page 7

TERRITORIAL TRAINING

PARADE OF C COMPANY. GOOD SCORES AT SHOOTING PRACTICE. A parade of C Company, Hawke’s Bay Regiment, was held in the Drill Hall last night. The inspection was carried out by Lieutenant 1. Hart, who commented favourably on the general turn-out of the men. - , Training was continued, the cleaning and care ot the service rifle being followed by musketry exercises, while Corporal A. Thompson instructed a section on the use of rifle grenades. Company-Ser-geant-Major J. K. Welch dismissed the men. A pleasing feature of the parade was the presence of a number of re cruits. Considerable interest has been aroused by the generous action of Mr V. E. Donald in donating £1 for the best score by a recruit at the next shoot. On Saturday afternoon a number of men fired on the Opaki rifle range, at the 300 yards range, application, snap and rapid shooting being held, while others fired Lewis guns' on the Te Ore Ore range. On Sunday further shootpractices were held. At the Te Ore Ore range Corporal A. Thompson and Private G. lorns secured first-class honours with the Lewis gun, while Corporal P. Wingfield. Lance -Corporals A. Deller, Harrington and Mason were high scorers. Several good rifle shots were discovered, Privates N. Jenkins, Osborne. Mar - tin and L/Cpl Sewell of C Company, and Cruickshank. Hanley and Morris, of D Company (Transport). Privates Alexander, Hack and Howard also showed up well. Corporal Lang-Smith scored highest honours on Saturday afternoon, while Private Minton also registered a high score.

Captain Jock Holmes scored nine bullseyes and a magpie in ten shots rapid fire, a particularly good performance.