RIFLE COMPETITION.
The sixth competition for the Company's silver medal took place at the Maitai butts this morning, when it was won by Lieutenant D. Burn. The ranges were 200 yards standing, target 6x4 feet; 400 and 500 yards, any position, target 6x6 feetj five shots at each range. The following are the scores : —
" Bonfires were blazing " on the hilltops around Nelson Creek shortly after the glad tidings reached that place on Wednesday evening, that the tenders for making the Hochstetter Water-race had at last been accepted. Old miners and other residents who have waited patiently for yeais for this good news, became jubilant at once, and carried out the jubilee *' with a vigor that few could excel " till daylight next morning. — -G. R. Argus. An attempt was made on the night of Sunday, the sth inst, to burn down the office of the Press newspaper in Cbristchurch, and the directors of the Press Company have offered a reward of £100 for information that will lead to the capture and conviction of the incendiary. The Press says — " The incendiary, determined if possible to make his work sure, procured some oil from the machine-room of the office, and poured a quantity of it on the floor of the jobbing room, afterwards setting fire to it. The fire smouldered for some time before it was discovered, and burnt out a large piece of tbe floor, joists, .so. Fortunately alike for the safety of the premises and the block in which it is situated, the fire was discovered early in the evening and extinguished." ! In the high country on Sunday, the sth inst., the Buller river rose 30 feet in twelve hours, but as will be seen by a telegram from thence brought by the Kennedy on Saturday, the damage done was but very trifling.
City Ei_ lbs. 200 yds 400 yds 500 yds Tl. Lieut D. Burn... 32323 4i443 44300 42 Corpl Crossman 40333 03443 34034 41 Sergt J. A. Burn 22244 42343 32204 41 PvfcH. Moore... 23442 23433 20333 41 PvtGollop ... 32124 24434 03203 ,40 Pvt C. Moore ... 23343 33424 30023 39 Corpl Godfrey... 32304 43302 24030 23
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 87, 13 April 1874, Page 2
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357RIFLE COMPETITION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 87, 13 April 1874, Page 2
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