VOLUNTEER'S COLUMN.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 837, 11 January 1866, Page 2

VOLUNTEER'S COLUMN.

The firing for the General Government District Prizes by the Bruce Volunteers took place on the Bth inst. with the following results : 303 400 500 Yards. Yards. Yards. Tot.

The East Taieri Corps fired for the same purpose on the 10th inst., and the annexed are the final scores made by them.

The Evening Star prize Cup, of the value of 10 guineas (or money in lieu), was shot for this morning at 5 a.m. at the Kaikorai butts—2oo,

300, and 400 yards, Wimbledon targets/and scoring (1863). The scoring up to the present it* as under. There are five prizes besides the Cup—namely, a second of £5; third, £4; fourth, £3 ; fifth, £2 ; and sixth, £1 :

200 Yards. 300 Yards, 400 Yards. Tot. Private W. F. Stevens, Naval Brigade - • - ■ - 33433 42333 34424 Gunner Fisher, Artillery - 34332 33322 33334 fGunner Muir, Artillery - 34333 32332 33233 Corporal Taylor, Scottish - 233 3 8 22332 33443 m . £ Sergeant Devore, Artillery - 33223 34232 43432 Corporal Stevens, No. 1, City L Guards - - - - 42242 2 3 223 44324

The four last named are ties for the four last prizes. It will be noticed that none of the above missed, and the shooting on the whole this morning was unusually good.

Lieutenant Tait 10 14 12 - — 36 Sergeant Hollick 8 — — - - 8 ,, Pettitt 17 8 3 - - 28 ,, Gillon 15 15 4 - - 34 Corporal Dickson 10 9 6 - - 25 Private John Dewe 14 5 10 - - 29 ,, Alex. Brown 15 6 — _ - 21 ,, L. S. Hardy 12 7 4 - - 23 ,, A. Martin 16 12 -8 - - 36 „ E. Watt 13 14 2 - — 29 ,, Harry Marriott 10 10 2 — - 22

300 400 500 Y ards. Yards. Yards Tot. Captain Allan 11 11 2 — 24 Lieut. Sliand 15 7 5 — 27 Corporal Robertson 13 9 ii — 33 ,, Christie 19 14 16 — 49 Private W. L. Christie 18 17 13 — 48 ,, Joseph Allan 17 10 8 — 35 ,, Ceoi'ge Corrans 5 14 18 — 37 „ W. C. Todd 17 13 15 — 45 ,, James Christie 11 10 5 — 26 ,, Robt. Stevenson 8 9 11 — 28 ,, Alex. Todd 10 16 17 — 43 ,, Hugh M‘Nair 6 3 4 — 13 ,, Cornilius Todd 16 14 13 — 43