RIFLE ASSOCIATION’S MEETING.
SECOND EDITION
[By Telegraph.]
Nelson. March 4.‘ No. 8 Match—Open to all members—--300, 400, 500 yards shots at each. The following are the prizetakers in order :
Paynter, Nelson ; Weir, Thames, each 75.
Hutchison, Otago ; Hoskin, Taranaki ; Lieut. Ballinger, Wellington ; Rowlings, Nelson, each 73. A. Dixon, Wellington, 72.
Cooper, Auckland ; Crossman, Nelson ; Somerville, Wanganui ; Still, Wanganui, each 71.
Burr. Wellington ; Hunter, Waiuiia; F.France,Wellington; Ricketts,Waimia; Downie, Thames ; Armstrong, Thames ; Fowler, Waimea ; Harding, Oaraaru ; Anderson, Clutha, each 70.
Turner, Blenheim ; Brooks, Dunedin ; Johnson, Dunedin; Ellis, Nelson; Huzlett, Auckland ; Woolley, Thames, each G 9.
Paynter also takes Hodgson’s Cup for highest aggregate in Matches 1 and 8, and also holds the Marlboro Cup for this year as winner of No. 8 Match.
The citizens’ * and brewers’ prize match is now in progress. 200, 400, and 500 yards, 7 shots at each. Open to all members of the Association. First prize, a cup, presented by citizens, and £2O ; second, tea and coffee service, presented by brewers, and £l2; third, umbrella stand, presented by Messrs Mountray and Crosbie, and £10; fourth, 2 cwt. of flour, presented by Rutherford, and £5 ; also a number of smaller prizes.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2482, 4 March 1881, Page 2
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193RIFLE ASSOCIATION’S MEETING. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2482, 4 March 1881, Page 2
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