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(THE VO.LUNTiEijRS.
The ? jkfERCOLpNTrAi. Matcii.— By telc
; gratn -vye ,l^nrn , that' the . Sydrjey;^ team co'ra
rmerice practice for the' Intercolonial Riflo
Ma'tclion Saturday, ;tho Cth of July. ;
JJwpADB ORDKB.-^.A.bvisado, order winch'
'lias been issued 'requests that the names of.
au canuiaaros jor ^ promotion Buoma.uo sent
in to, the Voluntcor office before' tho 3rd
-JulyK^ ;;?:;?; ' :.;\ ;. ? ;? . -.- ' '
The Ballaarat EANOERsZ-^-Thia corps
? paraded oh Wednesday ^evening, and was at
tonded by another oxcollunt - muster, about
. 170i.6f ,a\i .ranks .'being. present, under the
command of Captain Smith, who confined
the drill principally to echolon movements. ,
Maldon V..-JCVNKTON.— A matfch between
the Maldon'andUCyneton divisions ot the
........ iui03'yrasnr.Ga;on,cnozocninsc. xneiormer
?wqro;'Hticcess'ful,; beating' tlie Kyiieton'oorps'
hy 78 points, tho totals being— for Maldon,
: 381 ; Kyneton,-303. There were five rounds
&.., :at',-4ngos of 200,- 300, 600, and 600 yards.
?-; In the Mnlddn'team,.GorppTal.rWa'i(?nIIand
:?''?.- : Prjvate Patterson - wero ' tho lugliest.Bcorers,
?f '.'???'? each marking 41 points. Sergeant Manu ob
tained the bi^host score in tho Kyneton
toam, making 34 points. ? ? ..
Gebloko AnTiiXKBY. — A parade of tho No. 1
Company of Geelons Volunteer Artillery Eogi
ment was held on Wednesday evening, umler
the command of Captain Heath. The mem
bers assembled to- the number of between GO
and 70, -in spito of the' wet weather, and
headed by the band they marched, through
tho principal streets of tho town, after which
thfey returned to the orderly-room, and un
derwent! a drill' in tho manual and platoon
exorcise.' 'The men acquitted -themselves
very,- ?well, . and received the compliments of
-their 'commanding officer.
QCEENSOLIPF V. - GeELONO ARTILIKRY. —
Tho return match between tho Queenscliff
arid 2nd Gcelong Arfcillory Corps was fired
?onSaturday afternoon last, and resulted in a
victory for the Geolong team by 36 points,
they haying scored 302 .against 356 of
?Queenscliflf. The rangea were. the aatuo as in
the former match, viz., 200, 400, and COO
yards, with seven shots per man at eaoh range;
upon which, occasion it will bo remembored
fortune declared in favour of the QueensclifF
men by, a majority, of 10 points,* and
consequently si third contest will bo neces
sary before either party can claim tho final
victory. - ? .
Tiie Warrnambool Voluntker Arttl
IiERY-.^The Wnrrnambool detadbment of tho
Western Artillery Corps is now hard at work
learning instruction in heavy gun drill,
Sorgaant Nicholson,.' from Melbourne, having
arrived'thdro for that purpose. The men are
drilled ' overy morning and evening, and
deserve groat oredit for their porsovoranco.
Tho 32.pounder provided by. tho Government
lias boen placed in position. ' On Tuesday
?week there was an excellent muster, 53 boinc
present.'.-:' Captain ' Snee was daily expected
to arrive, for tho purposo of ^exercising the
the'inon-at the bigguh drill. ',
Promotions.— The following promotions
appeared.' Aii?' Tuesday's Gazette. : — Mr.
Qeorgo Rylandj to be- captain in the Yolun-..
tocr ^prce, 'arid cbmmanding1 'officer of the
Oastlemaine ', Troop of ;,' the Prince of ' Wales
'Victorian Volunteer. Lipht Horse, ..vice
.Anderson,'' -who has resigned the com
xnand' only ; '' Lieut., Edward , .Blaok,:oi to
boocaptain in^ the .Southern Hides; Xiout.
J. i.-M. j Temploton, to 1 be i captain' in the
OoiUngwood KiflesjMjieiiW Richard Shep'
ierd, 'to 1 bo captain .in tho- Emerald 'Hill
?ArfciHory ) Lieut. S.'Trythall,' to bo captain
in the East Collingwood/jRiflos ; .- Lieut._ A.1
Freeman,' to be captainiin;tho Metropolitan'
Kiflea; Lieut J. Ei Russell, iio: be captain
in tho WiUiamstown ^.rtillerj'; Lieut. G..P.
Joaqph,' to , bo - captain - in tho ' Beridigo
Eifjea ; - Lioufj. J. L. Strud\yiclco, : to bo
captain in ' the 'BrigUton'; Artillery ;? Iiieut.,
Joljn -Aitken,, to .bo 1 captain in the 1st
Castlomaino Rifles ;.? Lieut. Henry GilbooJ to
bo oaptam in the Easti Melbourne Artillery j
Iiieut.-.E1. -W.; Uther, to, bo. brovet-oaptain in
the Cpl.fjpgwood-.Hiflos; Liout. J. H. Allen,
to bo brovot-oaptain in the ? East Collingwood
Rifle3;; liieuk ? JRobprt',,' Curtis, .to.bo brevet-.
oap:totn'in' tlid East -Colliugivbod Rilles;
Lieut.' ' A. ? W. - Walsh,' to -be : brevofc
captairi in tho Metropolitan Rifles ; Lieut.
J. J.'i/Bucban.'to bo cbrovot-oaptain in' tho
OollingwQ.od Rifles ; Lieut. B. #. Sandilands,
to bo brevot-captain in tho Emerald Hill
Artillery; Lieut. .e.—p.*~OStapboll, to bor
? brovot.baptain ' in '??'? tho 'East . /Melbourno'
Artillory ;? Oapt. Douglas Elder, commanding
Willuunstovvn Naval -'Corpsi'-to havo tho
rolativo'rank' of major in the Volunteer Force,
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