RIFLE MATCH.
A match was fired on the 30th November . <(Sfc Andrew's Day) at 5 o'clock ia the morn- ■ tog, between ten members of the Bruce Bifles, ?■- Otago, and a like number of the Nelson City Sifles, which, resulted in a victory for the - Brace Rifles by a majority of 27 points. The ; conations were ?—At 200 yards, target 6ft Jbjr'ifi, centre 2ft square, bull's eye Bln square; at 400 and 500 yards, target 6ft by 6tf, centre 4ft by 4ft, bull's eye 2(t square; five shots at each rarige, any -position throughout. The following are the scores :—
According to the Arrow Observer, potatoes are a very scarce article in that market at present, and the price has risen to about £14 per too, the supply being limited even at that figure. Only a few months ago they could scarcely be disposed of at £3 per ton, holders being ansious to sell. One farmer had over forty tons on hand which, have been devoted to feeding pigs. This quantity would now represent a sum over £400. The Otago Times advocates the starting of 8 jam manufactory. Why on earth should we (it says) go on yesr after year selling peaches at sixpence a backetfal, and importing Tasmanian jam at an expenditure of many scores of thousands of pounds, is ooe of those puzzles that are inexplicable.
Brucb Rifles. Name. 200 yds 400 yds 500 yds T ! laeatScoit ... 33334 34343 43444 52 Prtßdd ... 33443 33243 34334 48 Lieut Natford ... 33233 44424 33243 <»7 PrtFergasson... 22443 32444 43300 42 Prtßichardsoa... 32342 22332 33324 41 CaptPettit ... 34338 33242 00443 40 Frt Clark ... 32334 34233 33003 39 FTtJ. Grant ... 33223 30432 32230 35 m Mattheson ... 23333 23232 02220 32 Frt M'NatChie... 33223 05033 04202 30 Total ... 406 CITT RILFBS. Hame. 200 yds 400 yds 500 yds Tl Col- Sergl Btun 43432 33332 34333 46 PTfc H.Moore ... 22223 54423 4343 > 42 FrtO. Moore ... 34344 43333 833U1) 40 Pvt D&vis ... 84334 23223 32303 38 Prtd. Maclean... 32233 20244 22323 37 Corpl Crotsman 43222 22041 33330 37 PvlHood ; ... 33423 42244 2-300 36 Lieut D. Burn ... 23320 23343 22033 35 Corpl ßurns ... 32232 02433 23203 44 Prt W. Sunley... 43423 23320 30023 34 Total 379
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 304, 24 December 1874, Page 4
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367RIFLE MATCH. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 304, 24 December 1874, Page 4
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