RIFLE MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 312, 18 September 1874, Page 2

RIFLE MATCH.

A rifle contest took place on Thursday afternoon, at the Maitai Butts, between tbe Nelson City Rifles and H.M.S. Blanche, ten men a side. The City Rifles won by 14 points, the firing all through being very close. The ranges were 200 yards standing, target 6x4 feet; 400 and 50O yards, position any, target 6x 6 feet; five shots at each range. The following- are the scores:—

Cxtr Br__._a.

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*______■______■-*-***_—« ■ . I 111I II I II "ll . The schooner May, direct from Foo« chow, is expected to arrive at Wellington aboot\the end of tbis month, with a cargo of new season's teas. Two monster leg-bones of moss have been found "Tn a tributary of the Clarenoe river, in the province of Marlborough. In consequence of the remarkable success which has attended the Royal English Opera Company iv Napier, they have decided to remain there another week, in compliance -with ] urgent, solicitation. Their .opening appearance in Wellington; therefore, wil^ _ postponed for a week, vis, until Monday, the 21st inst. . The Rev. W. Taylor, Wesleyan minister, and author of several works on California, who visited New Zealand some years ago, has established a r oburch in Madras, numbering already 139 members. . *■ The Wellington Tribune -,Btjs that nearly £500 has been spent' in endeavoring to improve the. acoustic properties of the Houae of Representatives, bnt every attempt has been ansaccess- : .._.•, . . „_ ... „ ._. ,.

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