RIFLE SHOOTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 59, 5 March 1912, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING.

TO-DAT’S PROCEEDINGS. (Per Presi Association.i 1- Mi-," -ir>t '!so-/ .’a"!' ru, -'"'l' ". Z rreiithain, March u. ■ Shooting -stiiVted at 8.30 with the ■Oanterbiri-y nthtch, 1 600yds,' l(j‘slmt's, figure) targets'/'' r ' ‘ ■ o The weather wa's calm and hot with a distracting mirage about the targets. ' 1 ' HondorsoA (Sounds) and Ryder (9th Regiment) tied with a possible each. Brinsley (Wanganui) scored 49. The general shooting was indifferent.

Elliott (Aka'rana) wins the Treutlmni for highest in the .WO, 500, and 600yds championship series. Elliott also wins the Carbine Cup on aggregates. The Otago Match, 800yds, 10 shots, Bisley targets, is new being fired. Possibles were' made by Milroy 'Nelson), Brown (Rangitikci), Banks (Kimbolton), and Caldwell (Tvarori). hollowing were the principal prizewinners in l the Canterbury Match:— Henderson (Sounds), Ryder (9tli Regiment) £-1 10s, each 50; Smart (Wellington), £4, 49; Brindley (Wanganui), £3, 49; Caiwood (Apiti), £3, 48; Banks (Kimbolton), £3, 48. Trcntham aggregates: Elliott (Akajrana), £5, 229; Milroy (Nelson), £4, 226; Loiveday (Woodville), £4, 225; Williams (Ohara), £3, 222.