TARANAKI RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 27, 25 February 1909, Page 3

TARANAKI RIFLE ASSOCIATION

The Taranaki Kille Association was favored with excellent weather conditions yesterday for the opening of its annual rillc meeting. Eutrics received were excellent, and with good light and only a moderately tricky wind, the shooting was good. The competitors were well pleased with the arrangements made, aud the action of the trustees in providing up-to-date targets, trenches, mounds, and so on, was the subject oi much favorable comment. Sergeant-Major Arniitage, as trench of licer, had all his arrangements well planned, and the markers found the improved and enlarged trench, and the new target mechanism, improved the lot of the markers considerably. Lieut.Col. Okcy was in command, Captain Wright and Lieut. Messenger the range olliccrs, and to thein and to Staff-Serge.. ! Major Sanderson (secretary) and Capt. V. T. Mills was due much of the success of the meeting. So far the Huiron Rifle Club and the Taranaki Guards are leading in the amount of prize-money won. Three matches have be«:i fired.! the scores in which are as follow: No. 1 MATCH (Waitara), 200 yards and 500 yards, seven shots at'eaeh range. Entrance fee 4s. Twentythree prizes—First £2, second XI 10s. third £1 is, two of £l, three of 15s, five of 10s. 200 500 Tl. Riliuii. W. J. Speck (Huiroa) 33 32—05 1 Kflmn. C, H. Speck (Huiroa 33 31-04 2 Capt. J. Potter (Auck.) 32 31—03 3 l>vt. T. King .. .. 32 31—03 4 Pvt. T. Bruce .. .. 33 30—63 5 Pvt. J..L. Harvey .. 28 34—62 6 Kttmn. H. 'Baker .. 30 32—02 7 Hfllmn. J. D. Christian 30 32—62 8 Rfllmn. A. C. Speok .. 30 31—61 9 Rfllnro. J. Guy .. 31 30-61 10 Corp. A, Marett .. 32 29—01 fl Pvt. T. Marett ... 32.29—61 12 Rfllmn. Giover ... 32 29—01 13

TYfiOS.-&eqrrTz6s of 10s, five of 5s each-.-' RflJjßtL King .. ..32 28-61 14 Ueut. A. G. AVhiting.. 31 29—60 15 , F. Julian ... 31 28—00 16 Bflman. G. A. Stanton 33 27—00 17 Sergt. H. Arnold .. 28 31—59 18 Captain Mills .. ..29 30-59 19 Rfimn. Robiason .. 32 27—50 20 Pvt. F. C. Naughton .. 28 30-58 21 Prvt. Tavlor .. ..30 27—57 22 Lieut. O.'B. Lever .. 29 26-55 23 No. 2 MATCH (Inglewood), 500 and 600 yards; seven shots at each range; entrance fee. 4s; 23 prizes—First prize £2, second £ 1 10s, third £1 ss, two prizes of £l, three of 15s, five oi 10s, Sergt. W. OHiver (Taranaki Guards) .. 32 32-64 1 Capt. J. Potter (Auck.) 32 32—63 2 Pvt. F. Nicholls' (Taranaki Guards) .. 32 31—03 3 Sergt. F. Julian .. 30 32—62 4 Rflmn. W. J. Thorpe 31 31—62 5 Pvt. T. King .. ..32 30—62 6 Pvt, J. L. Harvey .. 32 30-62 7 Rflmn. A. C. Upson .. 32 30—62 8 Rflmn. C. G. Grover .. 34 28—62 9 Corp. A. Marett .. 32 29-61 10 Pvt. P. J. Hilt .. .. 30 30-60 11 Rflmn. Robinson .. 31 29—60 12 Rflmn. M. J. Marsh .. 31 28-59 13 Rflnra. F. A'incent .. 32 27-59 (Counted out) TYROS.—Five prizes of 10s, and five of 5s each. Rflmn. J. D. Christian 30 28—58 14 Rflmn. J. F. Shepperd 32 26—58 15 Rflmn. 1). F. Rodgers 27 27—54 10 Lieut. A. A. Whiting 33 21—54 17 Capt. C. T. Mills .. 28 25—53 18 Rflmn. King .. ..30 23—53 19 Rflmn. F. Newland .. 28 24-52 20 Sergt. H. Arnold .. 31 19—50 21 Rflmn. C. E. Hollard .. 27 22-49 22 Pvt. L. Blanchett .. 30 19-49 23 No. 3 MATCH (New Plymouth), 200, . 500 and 600 yards. Seven shots at each range. Thirty prizes—First prize . £3, second £2 10s, two of £2, two of 30s, two of 20s, two of 15s, five of 10s. 200 500 600 TL -Rflmn. ,C. H. Speck (Huiroa) .. 34 34 31-99 1 Rflmn. G. G. Grover Kaitake) .. 33 31 31-95 2 Pvt. J. Riddles (Taranaki Guards) 34 33 28-95 3 Cp. A. H. Armitage 29. 31 34-94 4 Rflmn. W. J. Speck 32 32 30-94 5 Rflmn, J. Conner.. 28 33 32—93 0 Rflmn. M. J. Marsh 29 32 32—93 7 Capt. J. Potter .. 32 30 31—93 8 Corp. A. Bent .. 30 33 30-93 9 Prt. T. Marett .. 30 34 29—93 10 Pvt T. King .. 33 31 29-93 11 R'n ,J. D. Christian 31 30 31—92 12 Corp. A. Marett .. 31 31 30-92 13 Rflmn. 'A. & Speck 31 32 29-92 14 Pvt. F. Vincent .. 31 32 29—92 15 prizes of 10s, five of 7s 6A, five of ss. Rflmn.-King ..29 29 33—91 10 Pvt h. Taylor .. 30 32 28—90 17 Pvt J. L. Harvey 27 30 32-89 IS R'n T. H. Robinson 27 32 29-88 19 Rflmn. J. Guy .. 33 29 25-87 20 Sergt F. Julian .. 28 30 27—85 21 Pvt. C. B. Dcwar 29 29 26-84 22 Pvt. F. C. Morton 34 25 25—84 23 R'n J. F. Shepherd 30 26 27—83 24 Rflmn. F. New-lands 28 28 20-82 25 Lt. A. G. AVhiting 31 26 25-82 26; R'n AV. G. Thomas 29 30 23-82 27 R'n G. A. Stanton 31 27 20-78 23 Rflmn. T. Corkill.. 28 28 21-77 29 Pvt. L. Blanehett.. 26 32 19-77 30

THE ANNUAL MEETING. ~ The, Association held it* annual meeting in the Town Hall last night, when JUieut.-Colonel Okey, the president, presided over a large attendance of members, of whom a considerable portion represented volunteer companies and lifle clubs in inland Taranaki. The president explained that the holding of the annual meeting at this time was a departure from the usual course, but it liad been thought that a more representative meeting could be secured during the progress of the rifle meeting Jhnn at any other time. It would still ( lie necessary to hold a general meeting | during the year for the presentation of i the balance-sheet, and to arrange for the annual rifle-shooting meeting. Judging by the attendance, the innovation iwas justified, ELECTION OF OFFICERS. ' Officers were elected—Patron, Colonel Ellis, V.D. (re-elected); president, laeiit.-Colonel Okey (re-elected); vicepresident, his Worship the Mayor of Kcw Plymouth (Mr. G. Tisch). the Taranaki members of the Legislature (Hon. H. Scotland. Hon. T. Kelly, Hon. 0. Famuel, and Hon. W. C. F. Carncross, M.L.C.'s. Messrs H. J. Okey, W. T. Jenniu»s> J. B. Hine, B. Dive, and G. A ■ Pealce, M-P.'s): Colonel Messenger. Captain Hood, captains of all affiliated volunteer companies and rifle clubs, and of t"he Awakino Rifle Club, .SurgeonMajor McCleland. Surgeon-Captains Home and McGibbon, Drs. Fooke, Wylie, jlValkcr, Blackley, MacDiaimid, Harrison, and Wake (Eltham),Maclagan (Kaponga), Messrs. W. Rossitcr, Newton KingT A. J, Mehtosh, A. MePhnil '(Stratford), C. Speck (Stratford) Alex. Mickey C. \\. Govctt T. E. Hawerton and B. 11. Nicholls (In-1 glewood) And W. Young <tt"a>taral: council, Major Sandford (Public School CadcW, Captain Bellringer (Taranaki BUMI Captain Wright (Stratford), Captain Pope (Waitara), Captain leech ma-Tiewood. . Captain F. W. Okey, Captain Henty (Opunake MR.), I>ut. \Vbiting (Eltharo), l>ut. Surrey (InKlewoof),Col,Scrgt. Hartnell (Taranaki Guarfe), Col.-Sergt. Sampson (Watara Kifles), Rifle-club Captains Colmer (Kahotu), Hollard (Kaponga), Private T. King (New Plymouth), Messrs li.Uinhie (Piha.na), C. Speck (Stratford). Mltlis (!«w Plymouth), Marsh (Mangorei), Therkleson (Tariki), and A Standish (Tarata) The council is to elect an executive of seven. Staff-Sergt. Major Sanderson was re-elected secretary and Captain Mills treasurer, and a TOte was made to the secretary shou.d funds warrant. A hearty vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Private T. King for hfc energy, generosity and enthusiasm SXTin connection with collecting funds for the Association, and presentSnfc a. challenge compet.t.on--N?. gjng, in returning thanks, stated ihat ft. silver furnishing* for the belt wre not yet landed from Home bu would be in a few weeks. Th> »el. nrast be won twice in succession o Ze* times at intervals oefore conmg the property of any person who must ST a (bona fide resident of Taranaki. ' DurinT the evening Captain Speck JbEw BM« Olub) ana Cornßruce (Taranaki Rifles) were presen el *t tie first ami second prize medals won In the aggregate match last }<.< it.