NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL MEETING.
Wellington, Last Night.
The following are the various amounts of money won by the different corps which attended the meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association : Thames Rangers, L 100; Wellington Navals, LB7 : Auckland Artillery, LB2 ; Wanganui City Rifles, L 56 ; Victoria Rifles (Auckland), Lf>4 ; Port Chalmers Artillery, L 5 3; Wanganui Rifles, L4O ; Blenheim Rifles, L 32 ; Maaterton Rifles, L 2 6, Alexandra Cavalry (Wanganui), L2O ; Wellington Artillery, Ll 7 ; Blenheim Navals, Ll 5 ; Nap.er Artillery, Ll 5 ; Waikari Rifles (Otago), Ll2 ; Stoke Rifles (Nelson) Ll2; Taranaki Rifles, Ll2 ; North unedin Rifles, Lll ; Christchurch Artillery, LI I ; Wanganui Navals, Lll ; Timaru Navals, LlO; Oamaru Rifles, L 9 ; Napier Rifles, L 9 ; Punedin Guards, L 9; Wellington Guards, L 7 ; Spring Creek Rifles (Blenheim), L 6 ; Waiuku Cavalry, L 5 ; hames Navals, L 4; Waimea Rifles (Nelson), L 4; civilians L 4; Dunedin Artiilety, L 4 ; Auckland Guards, L 3 ; Nelson Rifles, L 3 ; Nelson Navals, L2 ; Wellington City Rifles, L2 ; Greytown Rifles, L2 ; Nelson Artillery, LI ; Port Chalmers Navals, Li ; Greymouth Rifles, LI.
The amounts won by the various Volunteer districts were as follows:—Wellington, L 144 ; Auckland, L 139 ; Wanganui, L 127 ; Thames, LlO5 ; Port Chalmers, L 6 4; Dunedin, Lsl 10s ; Blenheim, L3O; Napier, L 2 4; Nelson, L 2 2; Taranaki, Ll2 ; Christchurch, Lll; Timaru, LlO ; Oamaru, L 9 ; Waiuku, L 5 ; Greymouth, LI.
Thera were 150 rifle and 93 carbine representatives at the meeting, and notwithstanding It was a generally admitted fact that the rifle is superior to the carbine, the latter arm has carried off L 340 as against L4OB by the rifles, which is indeed most creditable in proportion to their number.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1496, 24 March 1885, Page 2
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284NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL MEETING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1496, 24 March 1885, Page 2
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