NEW ZEALAND'S BISLEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 6 March 1912, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND'S BISLEY.

NUMEROUS POSSlßLEfi'.'^ffl^ ALL-BUTS COUNTED.OUIV ?Jl| y MLLIOTT WINS THE CARBINE C^fflj * By Telegraph—Press AssocUtioi>*ii|M Trenthanj, Last NightSsß| ; " T«-day saw the most intoresttog t 'ffi§§fl I hibition of shooting at Trentham duroura| P the present meeting, and rarely has thsraf£| 8 been a better display of ■" the ground. The weather the xujjfoii II were at their best. Early in the- -dsqii|| ' a baffling mirage spoilt the 1 some extent, but later on, barring a fatfH 1 spasmodic gusts, conditions' were almus£.ll T The Otago Match, of 800 yard^-l^slS t the first of the long range events inlftjtfn ' championship, and the character af/tnnfl 1 work put in by the riflemen needs ao'tj^H ther description than, to say / that tTteftWm were no fewer than seven P'oSßiblej§§fi j which led to the equal division of tl&fll ' first seven prizes. There • were sever^aj 1 all buts, and a multitude of 48V<praaH - 47's were counted out. Among those Msjm ; curing all buts, in addition to those ]WM ■ the prize list attached, were: Bu'n&BJll I (Karori), Ross (Bluff), Munro (MuriJll ' hiku), six in all. ,'/3"lfB The Nelson Match of two stages;, ftXrafa 1 and 900 yards, showed a continuance .slll good shooting. At 800 yards FalkmMt • (Wellington), N. Willoughby (FetoASSil Loyeday (Woodville), and Marshall T (Ktt£|l rori) made possibles. Lane made ipia sible at 900 yards, but with only W.ffflm 800 yards, he was out of the prka'iiMlljß Marshall broke down at 900 yarda/alllH he also was out of it. W. land) and O. Sopcr (Napier) and there were many other good ' seonmjm The Hawke's\ Bay and TaranaMll Matches will be fired to-morrow, I£esell being the last of the championship serieflitl save the King's Prize, in which the- 6j>l§ highest aggregates fire off at 3.30 Onli Thursday. >, yCjjß The following are the leading pnij#sli / Winners:— . «' ! SIM CANTERBURY MATCH. ■■ Sim (Ten shots'at 600 yards, figure targetg.w| Henderson (Sounds) 50, £4 10s; <Bydwl« (9ith Regiment) 50, £4 10s; Smart (WsiH lington) 49, £4; Brinsley (WangawrilglS 49, £3 10s; Cawood (Apiti) 48, '£&lffl Banks (Kimbolton) 48, £3; Milroy (NeMli son), Roots (Kaponga), (Taumaruhui), Forest (Roxburgh), tiM OTAGO MATCH. (Ten shots at 800 yards,-Bisley t&rgessf9 Milroy (Nelson), James (Okura), nell (Taranaki), Kenning .(Nelson),.Camlß| well (Karori), Browne (Rangitikei): vm&i Banks (Kimbolton), 50; each £& E»lgH Cawood (Apiti) and'Maingay (4tti ItefllM ment) 49, each £2; Wilkie (Upper. Hutttll and Oliver (New Plymouth), 40, ''eMiU £1 10s. ' ' TRENTHAM AGGREGATES.' - (For highest at 300, 500, and 600 in, championship series.) " lfe, gPß Elliott (Akarana) £5 „ ftjMgM Milroy (Nelson) .£4 '*lin Loveday (Woodville) £4 'ffiqlm Banks (Kimbolton) £3 * 22^H Butler (9th Regiment) £3 ;• .wMm Williams (Ohura) £» , Carter (12th Regiment) £% jffißM Wood (Christchurch) £2 ;, AJIhIM Clark (Rangjtikei) £2 tW'^HN^I Browne (Ran'gitikei) £2 \. .^'mMM Elliott wins the Carbine Cup agoijlH Atkinson, of Auckland, "put highest score in the Trentham aggreffilmfM with 230, beating Elliott by but he omitted to enter for the TrentSSffiM Aggregate Match,' and thus loses -ffllraß prize of £5 and the Carbine Cup., < NELSON MATCH. „ '■■■|lp™ (Ten shots at 800 add 900 yards; BisJ||9 W. Cox (Auckland) 98, £5; Lovei^^B (Woodville) 97, £4; Munro (Murihik^^B 97| £4; Caldwell (Karori) 96, £3; l^B ford (Karori) 96, £3; Sandford (ChHOTB church) 95, £3; Hartnell (Xaranaki^SH '£2; N. F. Willoughby (Karori) M.-JjlM Soper (Taumarunui) . 94, £2; '""TfflffflM (Kaponga) 94, -£2. ?aH PALLINGER CHAMPION RIFLE-B^^B LOVEDAY AND ATKINSON >?Hffl LEADING. i, With two ten-shot single matohei^^H fire, the following are the twelve leall^B ing aggregates for the Ballinger Besf||sM L. Loveday (Woodville) :4j7j||H L. Atkinson (Auckland) : J^^^l 'J. W. Milroy (Nelson) '.....,"" ''SraHß E. F. Sandford (Christchurch) 'iwlSflH A. W. Cawood (Apiti) fl^H W. H. Williams (Ohura-) ~.. -'"flfflW W, N. Masefield ' (Sounds) t §ll9 A. Henderson (Sounds) ' 3lnjl9i F. Wilkie (Upper Hutt) ..'...-...."MM W. Banks (Kimbolton) ~.' fw^H J. Burns (Karori) §^^H A. Brown (Rangitikei) '...,', :^^^|