VOLUNTEERS' COLUMN.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 805, 4 December 1865, Page 2

VOLUNTEERS' COLUMN.

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At the monthly meeting of the Council of the Otago Rifle Association held on Saturday evenffig, the programme of matches to commence on. the 6th January next was adopted. It includes eight matches : —two, open to all comers ; three, to members only, and a consolation match. The prizes are as follows : silver cup, value £ls, presented by the proprietors of the Daily Times ; one of the same value, the gift of W. Mason, Esq., and another, value £lO, given by the proprietor of the Evening Star. A medal, value £lO, is offered by the Association, and the money prizes amount to over £IOO. A SubCommittee was appointed to carry out the arrangements of the forthcoming meeting. The Christchurch Artillery are unable to take an active part in the forthcoming encampment in Canterbury, owing to their gun being minus the “vent piece,” and for want of arms and accoutrements.

The Secretary of the Waikari Rangers has furnished us with the scoring of a match fired at the butts of the corps on Saturday last between the “Benedicts ” and Bachelors of the company. It will be observed that the former (no doubt all steady men) were the victors, with points to spare : MARRIED MEMBERS. 150 200 230 300 Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. Total Captain Borton 11 13 7 10—^41 Sergeant Miller 11 13 5 6—35 Corporal Fountain 15 11 0 10—36 Private D. Miller 12 12 8 2—34 ~ W. Feithfull ... 18 6 11 5—35 ~ J. Haigh 12 8 10 6—36 „ S. Haigh 17 9 3 10—39 256 SINGLE MEMBERS. 150 200 250 300 Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. Total Sergeant Chalmers 14 7 6 4—31 Corporal Marshall 14 8 6 4—32 Private W. Cosser 13 11 13 2—39 ~ "VY. Jenkins..'.... 16 13 9 9—47 ~ R. Dalzeil 8 10 9 10—37 „ T. Farley 2 0 4 4—lo ~ D. Hepburn ... 14 13 5 6—38 234 A Caution to Volunteers. —The last published Gazette contains among other notices the following republished from a Gazette published on the 17th April 1861, which will be of interest to the members of Volunteer Corps. “The Government having been informed that rifles issued to Militiamen and Volunteers have beenvfcampered with and altered, by filing the tumblers to try to make them what is Jermed “hair triggers,” and that the sights have been also filed, thereby destroying their efficiency, all Militiamen and Volunteers are warned that by so doing, they render themselves liable to the penalty for wilfully damaging arms entrusted to their care, which will be enforced, and also, if on the examination of arms after the competition for Government prizes it is found that th e rifle used by any winner of a prize has been in any way tampered with or altered, the prize to which he would otherwise have been entitled will be withheld.”

[ The Editor tvill be obliged by Officer's and Secretaries of all Volunteer Corps supplying. him with any items of information interesting to Volunteers, such as the Scores of Matches, <bc. All communications received before two o’clock p.m. will be inserted the same evening.]