OTAGO RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Evening Star, Issue 4309, 18 December 1876, Page 2

OTAGO RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

ff . V? tet-anatobotlftW Associkti(m J #>fe©ot7 IfliAnd this morning. The match {hfTfthfe' jTI '7 1 ™ 11 ' 1 ! < *»" 'if HmfWyWiiiiHiil Slvl :t fe ▼*».«■&*■*• one ©f the nuriiber4Vol. Snath) was uaable-to -*et-on-i togr due iouteri ihf fourteen Bhots.^n^l w tafr very shifting wand reiMarmiTttiSmaat impossible to make'fi^gh\>oti^ nT 'Ww2 ' 4 the;scoretfindetail y; .[. 3h t_ jR«j; Siuxmiobb mi*iH^Bat*6«;Bott J 9W-iW^aM. } i NTenaihote *t prize, presented-! fcyuMiwSriWAt^wtAmT lkit. *&&£ Soui" 1 A iKffir^rfiw VoLKohti/Nd.-i: .v.' W ■■ 3400090 r -yThia 'ma&li^amclnaed: >6nek£ :f fls £ afaceessful meetings ©f the association yet* neld,J;he weather mei^ts, on jtbefifist i r-fta.^ 8 ?,?? 1 whole exceedinglysatisfac--1 fcW,!a*«bthe afiboflteo* thtfm&^ n fo fl d ua >i n r no jincoißwlerable measure! to t&Y active exerttdnß of the Range (MessA G IFfeS"?^ ! MWyi-i drawn on to the extent of L 25 on the f third the f meeting by a valuable horse beingr destrtved, but those >Who had gauiefcnriaes at pool targets allowed, their be devoted towards paying the amount. ' v| prize wbikg. v;j, ;.' The North Dunedin Rifles fired in the final stage for choice of Oolbfaial representa- ( tivefc this horning, Cabtaui Stoyely irt com-^

Artillery"~and High School gafete prowled*** (the- OttfcraHSeMlhJ -Saturday afternoon for -the ing i shot and ahejl practice, The;ATtateryWpa divided4nto two b&teries, ead& detafehnieht having a twelve-poSaderi while *bs ■ tfadtfa were Each ~gun., fired; -thirteen .rounds* 52S Sergt. Peake had charge of No. 1 #m>vitt3& SergtrFdrfyMconUhMidedthiLTGaefci: f>ft« • for the West Taieri Com™pany's silver; medal was fired mfc* pany's range on Saturday: Thetfe&Bier'wfiß' lowering, and at the 6QO yardi'°range thet# was ja gus&. vsnatfle' wind IrpW%*riglilp The;medal. w>s w;on/ bV a score of 61 points. Were were" nine ijouvf ranges m> yards; any position. Subjoiaedfarftthe.. Scores: • -j.-.f.

Aii inquest 'HdteL Green Island, dFfernoon, teaching the death of-John Meikle, whose _ body was found: in theaorub on the previous I /day* ~i- -. """ * w *~* Ijdargaret•' Meiklei deposed that4he ; ceased w»8 her brother.; He rww *we«ty- : four, years of .age, a native pf Linlithgow, - -bdonged to in the Colony She last saw him Qn; r T3jSridiiy~ir four o'olock. He had not since Monday, and he Buffered Tram apoldi and coinplained.of bu¥ ference to any m Jiis head, sitting «hd looking gloomy «nd*low spirited;. but she was not aware of *ny oause farthis melancholy. He had no appetite'for his food? &id on Tuesday Dr FBeteher -was Called to see him.; She knew of nothing preying on hiß mind. On Thursday at "fxe Wr.men-. tioned hflfWent out in .hw alippejs, Hhd'wiie' did not returnrsne went' t<> 'ibme pf'the -neighbors and inquired about'huhV William Braeh, a farmer regidihg,it i Saddfc HUI, said that he laat saw at seven o'clockon Wednesdky' that he was'very cut hia words and did not epeak bo freely uauttl, ''Be seenied rather %xt pioWtdir «i f His conduct led witness lk> imaiifle hV ceased was missing; he'joined' mweliwoiut About half-past five on ( Friday morning- the <soeased was durcovered in : i fai<k'ticxM' sorub near the eto o| hush; >bout 250, ■ yards froni the ■ Face *ls hafc f»» Mmtafc;, from the body. There was a greftt deal bfj ; bjbod about the ground, and the raior .Droduoed 06ased*8 iileeye. *';

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