RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 62, 13 March 1903, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING.

PEE PRE3S ASSOCIATION. Trentham, March 12. To-day is t.fce wabhing-up day of the meeting. The canap wears a deserted appearance. Tho final service matches are hiing ired, aad will conoluie early thisafoerncon. Thtj tapid fi ing compaction, known as the Commiiider-ifj-Ohuf's Match at Bisloy, is just over. The fi.st prizi of £lO was wun by Wellington No. 1 with 25 hits.

The i'olljwina is the list oF the Colonial Amtiiuni ioa (Jump my'a Ma ch tirei yea'erdty : - I Fituvo Firing Challenge Cup, Ofen to 10 man of any baUaliou corps, open fire at 800 yards and advance to 500 yards, fi ing at the target as it appiars No. 1 Otag l , £ls, and Cup .. 23 l.its No. 2 0 ago, £l2 .. .. 21 hits Welling on No. 4 (Taranaki) 20 hrs Wellington GuarJs £5 .. 18 hi s Tho following are the results of The Rapid Firing Competition, 10 men of ai'y Company or Battalion, 600 yds, 8 shn's, magaziae fire, ' a> gee exposure 50 seconds. Welii lgton No. 1, £6 .. 40 hies Canterbury N \ 1, £5 .. 39 bits The yther scares were : Canterbury No. 2 .. .. 38 hits Wang-tr,ui ~ .. .. 32 bits Otftgo No. 3 ~ ~ .. 30 hits Otago No. 2 .. .. .. 27 hire N.' pier .. .. 23 hits Nelson wa? disqualified owing to a mm firing an extra f>ho\ Teams Mafch, five m?n each ; any Volunteer or Bittalion Company ; any distance between 500 and 300 yards; as maay rounds as c*n be fired in 15 seconds; magazines; targets quarter inch sted,! 2 inchee squire. There were 20 entries, rcsul's: N'jitih Uanttrbury No. 2 £lO, nine liicp; South Canterbury No. 1 £B, six hits ; Nor: h Canterbury No. 1 £7, five hits; Auckland No. 2 £6, five hits; Auckland No. 1 £5, five hits. This closes tbo meeting. Disjppearing Target Match, 500 yds, 7 shots at head and shoulders target, 5 S'-couds exposure. Comes, Ooinemuri Rifle", and Gillander*, Duuedin, 6 bits, £2 each. Tonkin, Dunedin ; Waugb, Dunedin ; Ssivenson, Wellington; 5 hi:s, i£l 12s 61 <acb.

Holhrd, Welling'on ; W. Bairstow, Wairarspa; Badger, Greymouth ; Boys, Cimaru ; 'ivatlev, Hastings. Parslow, OSineoiuu; Co'l f, Waipawa; Pappg, Stole ; Hay, Wei ingt in ; S;ieck, S ratford ; Johnstone, 0 utha ; Kemp, Canterbury ; Liirli-ay, Studhiilm •; Wiuslade, Want'auui ; Wall s, Frankl n; Maingay, P.ako; M- ncrief, Cdristcburch; Young, Otaki; Needham, Palmwson Noiih; Smnhie', Wanganui; Turner, Wellington; Scott-, Christchureh; Taylor, Taranaki; 4 hits, £1 7 s eacb.

Oommakedii in Chief's Match. - One non-com at d nine men of any piovindal vo'unteer district or battalion cjinpiny, t<am ex'enlel five pac.'s, each man I ehiod aspirate covtr, 200 yardc, 8 shots m.jgaz ns. Results: WeUingtw, No. 1, £io .. .. 25 Canterbury. No. 1, £8 .. .. 20 North Canterbury, £7 .. .. 17 Wellington No. 3, £6 .. .. 15 Otago, No. 1, £5 .. .. 14 Wellington No. 1 bint the Bisley record.

A 13ISL.KY TEAM,

As the result of a promise trndo by 1 the Premier, subject to con<m!t.-;ti n j with hia colleagues, i* is pru?tira ; ly i certain a N'o*v Zealand toam m ill be I sent to Bisiey in April. j KECivPriON OF OPAKI CHAMPIONS. Mastekton, March 12. Tho Opaki Kiflu 'Hub wer< met at' the station by Vlr Hotrg, M.H.R., the! Mayor and Councillors, the batid, vol-' unteern, and a large concourst of pe~p'e. A procession was frae 1 and started, for tho Town Hall. The Maj or and : Mr Hogg addressed tlw crowd at the Post Oflko come'', hvarty congrstuk-! t'ons baing c inveyod to thn ehampi'ii,' King, and the ex-champion, Hyde, j 'mth of whom )i ded. rht-y «ere j uf.re wards etveriuinel a 1; the Olub tlottl. 1