VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 4039, 5 February 1876, Page 3

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

The principal scores made the Auckland Cadets in the firing for District Prizes were Mills, 60; Moulden, 55 ; Meares, : 63 ; Dodds, 47; Hammond, 44, Boyd, 39. The following additional names have been' fepeived at the Jdilitia Office of those ifttend-j ihg t6 proceed' to Wanganui at the own; expense :—Corporal ' Mann, S.D.R.; VoLs Stewart, No; 1 Co.; Lieut. Wilson, P.0.N.8.; Some good shooting , was made by the - Auckland volunteers in the first stage for t choitie of representatives, but it was the final' firing that threw their , representatives out of the contest. Skinner, the ex-champion,' .made 1 92 in the preliminary and oiir Auckland exchanges; sounded forth their praises of his excellent firing. In the second stage, hoWever, he only put together 72—making nine, at 600 yards—or a point shortoosf s the . .iniiumum required to qualify, and theh the | pahers stiadenly became wrath at their men having to, fire with the Sniders, and < after declaring, that the result proved the correctness of their prognostications that the minimum was , too ■ high, hoped;that such representations would be made to, .the Government on the subject . as would lead to the acceptance of Skinnerj • .-.Leigh, and Cooper, , Leigh only wanted to njake 12. points at 600 yds, but he could only put together ten, jand Cooper shared a similar fate. Poor scoring at the longest range seems‘to furnish the true cause of the “ nmlancholy result ” of the Auckland firing. Morrow, of No. 3 Company, the only volunteer in the Province who qualified, made B<J and 82. ■ •• ' In Marlboi'ough three men qualified, their scores being as under c '.. Ist Co. 2nd Co. -TL Sergt. Philpotta (Picton)... 97 89 Lt. Soper (Spring Greek).. 86 95 Private Hawk (Picton) ... 81 89 Soper and Phillpota have taken part ih several previous Colonial competitions. The following vrere the scores of the Invercargill Artillery in their match against

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Dunedin:— 200 ; 300 400 j gergt. Wm. Tarlton... yds. ' y«3s. yds. T;. 24. 24 • 25 4- 73 "Sergt. R. BuchAnah... 24 26 17 — 67 B.M.S. Kingswell ... 2? 25 16 - 66 Capt., Hannah 24 20 20 — 64 Gunner Clare ' : .... 22 21 21 — 64 gergt. L. B. Songster 26' 21 IB - 63 Gunner Pay ... Gunner 1 Atkinson 26 21 20 18 18 — 69 13 — 59 Gunher Dakin , 18 23 17 — 6s Gunner Blackihore ... 25 22 11-58