DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.
The Oamaru Artillery competed on Saturday for the annual district prizes. The conditions were—Ranges, 200, 300, and 400 yards, with five shots at each, in any position. The prizes were as follow : Ist, LI ; 2nd, 15s ; 3rd, 12s 6d ; 4th, 7s 6d ; stli, 5s ; 6th, 3s 6d. As will be seen from the list given below a large number of members competed, but the firing was below the average. The first six were the
winners of the prizes :— 400. Tl. 200. 300. Captain Morton ... 15 14 16-45 Sergt. Courtney ... .. 14 13 17—44 Gunner Grant 9 15 15—39 Gunner Glass 14 11 14—39 Sergt. Gibbs 12 10 16—38 Gunner Little . ... 14 11 13—38 Lieut. Holdsworth 13 13 12—3S Gunner Crawford ... 16 12 10—3S Sergt.-Major Creagli 11 12 14—37 Gunner Rogers 13 11 11 :35 Gunner Fraser 14 12 8-34 Gunner Terawiti ... 10 12 10—32 Gunner M'Donald 6 10 17—30 Sergt. Wad dell 8 11 11—30 Sergt. Lindsay 10 10 10-30 Gunner Whitehead 10 13 6—29 Gunner Glass 8 9 11—28 Gunner Williams ... 5 3 9—17 Gunner Phipps 2 0 S—10
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1190, 9 February 1880, Page 2
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182DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1190, 9 February 1880, Page 2
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