THE VOLUNTEERS.
The band of the Artillery Company competed on .Saturday for their; Challenge Cup and money prizes, the conditions being five shots at 300, 400, and 500 yards, second class targets, and any position throughout The following are the prize-takers with their scores, the handicaps bging added man Cowie, 50, the Cup } Band, Patou 49, 2nd prize; Band. Hannagan, 43, 3rd prize ; Band, flyndman, 41, 4th prize; Band. Keys, 41, slh prize ; Baud. Connelly, 30, 6th prize. The three highest prize-takers fired in the morning squad, and had every advantage in point of weather, the afternoon squad shooting in a “juvenile” gale. NAPIER RIFLES V. GUARDS, The City Guards fired this morning at Waikari against the Napier Rifles. The conditions were in all respects the same as for the first set of district prizes. The weather was fair, the wind being N. W. to begin with, but changed round to B.W. and ultimately died away light and variable The Guards should have fired last Wednesday, but the downpour of rain that day prevented them,. Friday was afterwards appointed and.proved as unfavorable. The following are'the seres 200 ' 500 600 Sergt.M‘Gregor... 3434434 3333434 2334224—68 Yob Cumberbeach 4444444 3223234 3332333—67 Sergt. T»eseder ... 4444444 3333224 2323234—67 Oapt. Wales.. 3433434 2434424 3334330—66 Vol. Nightingale. 4232444 2432333 3330344- 63 Vol. Creagh 4444334 3033324 2230430—58 Yob Welsh ......... 4443443 3434332 0023302—58 Corpl. Coxhead ... 4344323 2332233 3003343- 57 Corpl, Lorjnier ... 3344334 3333300 4023303—54 Yob Wilkinson ... 444|2|4 2033222 3200300—48 Tootal ~, ... ... ' ... : 606 The Napier men fired on Friday morning, and made 557 points. The highest score, 65, was made by Greer, one of the Colonial representatives; the lowest, Nasmith, 46 The Guards thus woo. by 46 points. -
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Evening Star, Issue 3440, 2 March 1874, Page 2
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