NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S MEETING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 903, 8 March 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S MEETING.

■ ' ■ [ BY TELEGRAPH.]' ; ■Rifle CJASiPy Nelson, March (. _ -The fifteenth, match, for,,. the Ladies j Prize, ranges 200, 250, and 300 yards, was fired to-day.' Prizes—lst, a ring <gryen by Mrs. Watts-and Ls';' 2nd, L 8 ; vrd, L 5 ; 4th, L 4 ; two of L3,,six of L2, and twelve of LI. One hundred and twenty-five competitors fired. ". " . ',.'"'■ ' -'Hutchinson-' ... •••' .-•;■>;>■■.■:■■:.*;;

M'Oartney, :• ,i.. . . ••■ •■• -£j ~; ,- Coventry..., •- •'••- ••: ./.;„• Richardson ... •'- ■''* - - Oakey ... .- • '1 - W. Ballinger ~; -..-..< ••• » J Cooper .... ... , • f Reid .... ; -69 ■■■-■■■■: M'Leod ,-, • f Q . Fenton ...... . .. ; ••• - P*., - 'P» '_■' •Griffiths . !r ,--.-.;.... .-• -''■«§-■ Clark ...;.. . ~ « .-..-■ Waugh--:./ : . ■::.■ - .-..fj.- . :.' JSmithi.- ... ■--...- ■■-- y Browse,.sen. ................ ••• P° Anderson" : - «£. ■■'-,-■- Bxiif' '■.':: "■ " -, -Hunter,:,,.-. .•/..;; ;■ ™ A. Ballinger ■• »» -'■ -.r:rp»»iing- ....- .-.a; :;■« =-•■:•;•••.. fl| ■:: Kennedy v b» •r-r 'Eownie ... ■. ■,-.■■■■ -j ••• , ...-oa —- The ninth and tenth matches began; at-hal^pasfcfiYe,.and-are;expected to be completed to-morrow. „ .Yery ..considerable 'interest taken in these, as tiiey .conclude both championship-si- The shooting altogether is" magnificent. At the first-range" of'the last match for the rifle championship, -Purhell. -has:.'advanced, -two ; poffltsyr and now ties Paynter. , ~..;. : . March o. . > '■ The : »t' ;C the'- 200 and 4GoVya'rds ranges in the ninth match has beeiticom*! pleted','and the'other two are progressing,.. Of those .'who stood, in the first twelve for the -rifle belt, -a computation,; including thesetwo rangesiplaces—- - ~ W. Ballinger ..... ..... _ ••• lo*- : Paynter, Stoke..: ... ... I° 2 , . : .. - Purnell- ... , ... .. ... ••• l?* Coventry ... ••• ••• 151 Cross'man ... .... •••.,150 Skinner ••• 1 49 ; . Smith, , ■■-..., ,! Hutchinson +*?.-'_ Kellar" .... . ... ..'■•.•; ;.• ; -.Christie ..\ ; ...: .:. --\ 4 £ r - --'■ ■ •-■ '-•'Marshall...' < ... ' ; ...' -\3 •-■■ (Kennedy... : 'i—" .•'•'-"v '■■•'.. ■■'-'■ Ranges'2oo. and 300 yards in match; ten, are'also' completed. Of those who? s_fcppd- : ih-the-nTsttwelve,etheir reaip'ective ; are - • : ~».■•': ;~■ ,-M»m ItsS: •.•»,;.,. -.-I- }f c ':-■ , .Coleman..., ...... ....... ~.JM..^ ;- :judgev"r:.- ; •■•.;!££?<r - - ... J 'v.. •" „ "'" ' r v. Thomas/... , ....: - . ; jOO : }*Z «'- '. Armstrong. ' ".,.' ... !••■ ™ . . 1 « e ' 10: ' ingsmsy >'■■ ' Burr j... 138 Laird 13? M'lntosh 130 Cropp „., t M u.. ■■• 131

[FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Rifle Camp, March 8. In the ninth match, that at 200, 400, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots at each, the first three ranges are completed. Morris, 25, 23, 21—74 ; Harding, 22, 25, 23-70 ; King, 24, 23, 19-66. The -test will be fired this afternoon. For the rifle belt, with 17* ; jpaynter, BaUinger, ;#n% Coventry, 17/. The scores of the "Oarijaru men areHarding, 166 ; King, 163j; Morris, 152.

THE CHAMBIONSHIk The result of the firing for the championship for Rifles is:— < • W. Ballinger (Wellington), Ist ..,191 Hutchinson (Otago), 2nd ... 190 Oakey.(Taranaki) ... ■•• ■\: Smith (Dunedin) {&» Doig ... ' 189