DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.
The Artillery Volunteers fired this morning for the district prizes, when Gunner Hood won the first prize with a capital score of 49 out of a possible 60. The ranges were 200 and 300 yards with 6x4 feet target aud eight-inch bull's eye, and 40.0 yards with 6x6 feet target and 2x2 feet bulls eye; five shots at each range. The following are the highest scores i—
200 yds. 300 yds 400 yds, Tl. Gunner H00d... ... 17. 13 19 49 Gunner C. Moore ... 13 15 15 43 Gunner Harling ... 13 lo 18 41 P.O. Burn (Navals) ... 15 8 17 40 Captain Pitt 16 12 11 39 Corporal Nicholson ... 16 10 13 39 Sergfc.-Major Wimsett 11 '9 14 34 Sergeant Bird 14 6 14 34
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 56, 6 March 1877, Page 2
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127DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 56, 6 March 1877, Page 2
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