RIFLE SHOOTING. REPUBLIC-FLORIDA COLLISION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 2, 27 January 1909, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING.

REPUBLIC-FLORIDA COLLISION

' v^,Tf.\ c , g g raph Association. I'AUH HAdlXli COMI'KTITIOX IX THAMS' MAllC'llliS, ~ . , Lust Night. ("liiiiH ('(lihiis, tile executive officer "f the X X.ai'.li.A.. Ins sent the followI 1,1 ''Very rille x lnl> mid volunteer corps in Hi,, Dominion:— "The executive council of the Xew /eiilji.nili l),lence liille Associa-

lion is desirous „f .Mno.iiayinjr a eiMipetition in Hi,. team*' iiimtelle*. kikl witli tl"it. dlijn t, in view |, us nrrtmjjed a seni'sol matches fur the next meeting ill reiitliam, ulneli are open to everv volunteer eoi.,|.ti,,.v ami rifle club in Xcw Zealand. ami tlie eoimeil hopes to see

I ("umv fonipnitv ;iihl vlul) represented. • in ii, under have been placed [ ■>» tin- pn>«rvni»im\ sv;ni Cl.it in easli pnzes have l»»;'n allotted to thi* .series. Matches l:i tii 17 i\i'(< open (» teams c.f * ,x 11,0,1 w,tll 51 commander who shall not fni' anil match IS to loams of live. Moil ol all ranks may compote, ami the im-.usion of the same moil throughout i» not necessary. Throe pounds nor inan is the entrance for tlie six man-lies. I he live teams malciiij; Iho highest total narriwlt. points in the matches will 1» awarded the prizes in the teams' championship."

0 ABLE NEWS (By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) w

CW'TAIX AM) CHEWS' i'KKILOUS KXt'EiULWCKij. Xevv York, January 25. uhile being lowed, the Republic sud* ■ l-.'ur, Mink stciM lirsL GipUiin Selby : Jiji-i u i-rcw aboard the vessel were ion-i'it tii swim or cling to debris. They uciv rescued vvuli great dilliculty by I'.ipiain Crediam's boat, ,Selby clinging io ;i grating until he was uliuost exhauled. lIKIIOIU WIRELESS OPERATORS. STJC-1C TO THEIR IH)STS. Received 2ii, ll.Su p.m. | -New York, January 2li. John JJuiii-i, of Peterborough, England, tin; Republic's Marconi operator, stuck t*i li-is post. traiiMuitting messages, despite the destruction of the deckhouse where the ethevgrltph was iixed. The roof and side* of the deckhouse threatened to fall ui any moment. ( He was eulogised by Mr lle;iry Bou-ti-11, in the House of Representatives. | The Baltic's operator, named Tatter- , sill, *tuek to his post for <3U hour*, sending elicering messages to the Republic . and communicating with the shore.