RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 188, 28 December 1912, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE WANGANUI MEETING. By Telegraph--Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. llw annual rifle shooting meeting of the North Island Rille Association commenced on the Putiki range to-day. The number of competitors is 81 as against 121 last year. The results are as follow: WANG AN l T [ MATCH. Soler (Wanganui Rides) £3 C 4 Mclvor (Wellington •Suburbs) fl 5 6 63 R. J. King (Opaki) £] 03 Sergeant Thompson (Ist Bat., ilth Kegtl.) fl 0 2 Ballinger (Petone) £1 61 Diehl (l)annevirke) fl 61 Lance Corpl. Mace (11th Regt.). Pvte. Drummond (Wanganui Rides). Corporal Keeue (Oth Regt.), each (il; Batt (Te Ivapua), Hodges (Opaki), Franklin (Weber), Petersen (Tarama). <10; Shepherd (Raliotu), 50, each 10s. H. R. King (Masterton), Carev (Patea), R. C. Lovedav (Woodville), Piinimer (ICarori), Marrett (New Plymouth), 59, each ss. Tyros: E. Anderson (Taihape), Smith (Opaki), McNeil (Taihape), 58; Whitton (Kaponga), McGregor (Alfredtori) 57, each ss. ' ' MASTERTON MATCH. Franklin (Weber), £3 4g j Smart (Subnrbs), £1 15e "47 Lieut. Hartnell (11th Itcgt.), £1 ..'46 Collis (Mangawaka), £1 46 * James (Opawa), £1 4ft Plimmer (ICarori), £1 " |jf v Hunt (Suburbs), £1 [[ 45 s Hyde (Opaki) Meyhew (7th Regiment) 45, each 10s; McMurray (Wanganui), Ballinger (Petone), Pvte. Loveday (Oth Regiment), Lieut. Mcintosh (4th Regiment), Thomas (Petone), N. WiTloughby (Wanganui) 44, each 10s; Pvte. ' Diehl (Oth Regiment), Gunner Dickson (Auckland), G. A. C. Batt (Taihape), Eylcs (Dannevirke), Smith Opaki), and Monk (Rangitikei) 43, each ss. Tyi'os: R. M. McGregor (Opaki) 40, J. McDonald (Pohokura), Rutherford (Opaki), R. M. McNeill (Opaki), 39; R. M. Whitton (Kaponga), 38, all Ss each. ' TARANAKI MATCH. Thurston (Tek-apua), £3 44 Loveday (9th Regt,), £1 15s .. '43 Sn el ling (Suburbs), £1 41 Barkle (Suburbs), £1 .... 41 Marrett (New Plymouth), £1" 41 . McCalniont (Opaki), £1 41

Willougliby (Karori), McMurrav (Wa- , nganui), H. 1?. King (9 th Regiment), Monk (Rangitikei), Mclvor (Suburbs), Palmer (Patoa), Petersen (Tararua), Hodges (Opaki) 39, each 10s. Eylai (Dannevirke), Meyhew (7th Regiment), Diehl (Oth Regiment), Smart (Suburbs), Plimmer (Karori), Govenloek (Linton)' 39, each ss. WELLINGTON M.\TCII. - ■ (Ton shots at 800 yds. null's eve bj wets.) Loveday (9th Regt.), £3 .. ' 50 McMurray (Wanganui), £1 Keane (Oth Regt,), £J 48 James (Opawa), £1 ;;;;;; 48 R. J. King (Opaki), £1 43 Walker (Taradale), £1 ' 4 g Soler (Wanganui), £1 43Thomson (Oth Regiment), Mclvor (Wellington Suburbs), Winslade (New ■ Plymouth), 48; If. R. Kin- (Oth ReeiWillol, S hl> y (Karori), Carey (Patea) Plimmer (Karori), Bruce (New. Plymouth) 47, 10s each. Banks (Kimbolton), Lvlea (Damievirke) Smart (Suburbs), Petersen (Tararua'), Diehl (Dannevirke), McGregor (Opaki) 46, ss. each. Tvros: Barrow (Oth Regiment), Snell- ' mg (Suburbs) 45; Gunner Dickson (Auckland), k Anderson (Taihape). 44Brocklebank (Stratford) 43, each as ' HIGHEST AGGREGATES. The highest aggregates are as folr, s r l ov :':!f- v , uc ' M<,iv ° r I'"' e' 1 191, I'l'ankliii 191, Smart 191, McMurray 189, Diehl ISO. Petersen 188 Willougliby 188, Meyhew IS7, H. R 187, Kyles 180, Plimmer ISO, and BaT linger 182. WELLINGTON NEW YEAR MEETING. Wellington. Last Night. Large entries have alreadv been received for the Wellington Rifle Association's New Year meeting. The competitors will include many of the leading shots m the Dominion, including the Veteran Arthur Bnllinger (three times champion of New Zealand), Loveday ( he present champion), and Wood, of (iiristcliureh, last year's runner-up. Milroy of Nelson, and King and livde, the Opaki cracks, are also entered. There is as well a good entry from the senior cadets. Much interest centres in the reams Match in winch the crack Christ--1 church club team and other strong southern combinations will be up against some of tlio loading northernors.