SHAM-FIGHT AT NORTH SHORE,

Monday next will be generally observed in town as a holiday in honour of the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, and the prin cipal attraction to eight-seers will no doubt be the volunteer and permanent force shani-Ogh'tto be held attheJNorth Shoreforts during the day. Major Goring, the officer now in command of the Auckland volunteer forces as well as the permanent artillery and torpedo corps ab Forts Cautley and Takapuna, has arranged thab a shum fighb shall take place instead of the customary parade and/ew dejoieon the Quoen'a Birth day, as more useful and beneficial to tho armed forces than a mere muster and march out. Tho attacking force in tho proposed fighb will consist of the " A " Battery of artillery, the City Guards, Newbon Rifles, Royal Irish and Victoria Rifles, the whole being under the command of Major Morrow. The defending force, under the command of Major Skinner, will include the En gineers, Volunteers, Auckland and Pon son by Navals, and the "O " Battery, while the permanent force will man Forte Cautley. Takapuna, and Vic toria. Tho Engineers, undor Major Anderson, will be stationed at Mount Victoria, and the two Naval Companies at Forb Cautley, while the "O " Battery will man their guns ab Forb Takapuna. A ferry-steamer will represent an attacking cruiser, and will land the " hostiles" on Cheltenham Beach to attack the two forts. Lieutenant - Colonel Payne will be one of the umpires, while Major Goring will havo general supervision. The "A" Battery will parade on the Auckland ferry teo at 7.30 a.m. on Monday, and the rest of the troops at 7.45 a.m., and every corps is to be in its appointed position arid ready to move by 9 o'clock. Tho fighb should be a very interesting one to spectators.
