THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZE FIRING.
(From the Evening Tost, 6th April.) The firing for the General Government prizes will take place punctually at half-past nine o’clock on Monday morning on the Hutt Race Course, and a conveyance will be in readiness at the Post Office at half* past seven, to convey the competitors to the ground. Captain and Adjutant Kirwan has been appointed by the Government to superintend the entire arrangements, and will be assisted by Captain Junor. Musketry Instructor, and Captain Cleland. Host Valentine has received instructions to provide luncheon for the competitors and staff on the ground, and all arrangements for the firing are complete.
The following are the names of the re* present alive meu of the different pro inces, and the scores they made at the trial firing:— Auckland —Hazard ... 40 4th Waikato Regiment— Graham ... 40 Tauranga—Fraser ... 33 Napier—Cresvell ... 86 Wairarapa—Benton ... S 3 Hntt—W. Grace ... 43 Wanganui—E. Gibson ... S^ Taranaki —Humphries ... 36 Wrxlborough—Craigia Nelson—TunniclifFe ... 41 Canterbury—J, Gains Otago—W. Smith ... 63 W. Lacey ... 49 J. Chisholm ... 48 W. Richardson ... 47 Southland—Wilson ... 35 Ths prizes will be presented to the sno» cessful competitors at the Government Buildings on Tuesday next by his Excellency the Governor, ■
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 469, 11 April 1867, Page 2
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197THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZE FIRING. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 469, 11 April 1867, Page 2
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