THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZE FIRING.
(Prom the Evening Post, 6th April.)" The firing for the General Governmeiigt prizes trill take place punctually at half-past nine o’clock on Monday morning on itlie Hutfc Race Coarse, and ; a conveyance. • trill be in readiness at the Post Office, at halfpast 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 Ju* nor, Musketry Instructor,. and Captain Cleland. Host Valentine'his received instructions to provide luncheon for' the competitors and staff on the'ground, 'and all arrangements for the firing are comr r; .\i ii . . ..
. The following, are, the names of the .representative men of the different provinces, and the, scores they made at the trial firing ;-d- ■
Auckland—Hazard ... 40 4th Waikato Regiment—Graham ... 40 Tauranga—Eraser ... 83. Napier—Cresvell ... 36 Wairarapa—Benton ... 32 Huttr—W. Grace ... 42 Wanganui—E. Gibson ... 37 Taranaki—Humphries ... 36 Marlborough—Craigie Nelson—Tnnnicliffe ... 41 Canterbury—J. Gains Otago—W. Smith ... 52 W. Lacey ... 49 J. Chisholm ... 48 W. Richardson ... 47 Southland—Wilson ... 35
The prizes will be presented to the successful competitors at the Government Buildings on Tuesday next by his Excellency the Governor.
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 15, 15 April 1867, Page 86
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191THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PRIZE FIRING. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 15, 15 April 1867, Page 86
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