8. V. Artillery were presented General Efficiency Shield which was presented by the Commandant of the V.C. and which was won by the Artillery at the close of the last training season. There was a large attendance of members of the corps, ladies! and other friends. The presentation, which followed musical entertainment, was made by Mrs, A. A. 8. Barnes. In asking Mrs. Barnes to band the shield to the Artillery, Lieut. Col. Barnes ssid that he was pleased that the Artillery had been sucoeesfal on the first occasion of the competition. He} congratulated the unit and pointed out that onder the seven heads for which points were awarded in the competition the winners had emerged triampbant in almost each instance. As a matter of fect the Artillery bad gained no fewer than forty-three points out of s possible sixty-two and their nearest competitors bad only something like twenty-two or twenty-three points, He hoped that the Artillery would work bard and retain the shield.
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