THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1510, 25 May 1886, Page 2

THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen’s Birthday, the 67th, was observed as a general holiday throughout the colony. In this district no public sports had been arranged, and in consequence both Tomuka and Geraldine had a very quiet appearance. Real “ Queen’s ’’ weather was experienced, and many of the residents took advantage of the holiday to have a quiet drive in the country or a picnic in the bush. At Temuka a football match took place, and the Volunteers had their {annual prize firing, while at Geraldine the Volunteers also fired for prizes. Accounts of these events *ill be found subjoined. TEMUKA RIFLES. MORNING PARADE. The above corps fell in at 8 p.m. yesterday morning in the Temuka Park, and went through drill for an hour. There were about 45 members present, including the'officers, Captain Hayhurst and Lieutenants Findlay and White. After having been put through several movements a fmdt foi was fired and three cheers given for Her Gracious Majesty the Queen. The Company then marched to the range to fire for the tradesmen’s prizes. There were about 43 present at the PRIZE PI KINO, which commenced at 9.30 a.m., and was not over before 6.15 p.m. Tbe mid-day .

luncheon was provided by Color-Sergeant Coira, and it was in every way most satisfactory. During the day the range was visited by a large , number of people, amongst whom ladies predominated.. The firing this year was not good, owing to the sun being too bright, and some bf the old veterans who have alwaystaken* loading place will be found a good way do>vn the Hat. The following are the scores: —

HONORARY MEMBERS. The honorary members attached to the corps fired for their' prizes at 11 o'clock. The distances wore 200yds arid 300yds i five shots at each range. The following is- the resu't: —

THE PRIZES. ' At 6 o’clock the competitors in the prize firiu g assembled at Mr'Mason’s shop for the purpose of selecting their prizes* There was.a large crowd assembled in'front of the window, inside which Uaest of thb; prizes were arranged, and the prizes wdro awarded by giving tiie highest scorer his choice of all, the second got the next choice, and so on to the eachreceiv* iog a prize of some kind. The following is the list of prizes ; —• >• 1. Private Cleave, cup and cruet 2. Sergt. Woodhead, tea and coffee set 3. Corporal Larcombe, butter cooler , 4. Sergt. Guy, marble does 5. Lieutenant Findlay, biscuit jar 6. Private Reid, butter cooler 7. Private B. C. Smith, teapot 8. Private Harrison, trousers -.- _ 9. Private Harte, writing desk , 10. Private Lmgskail, cruit 11. Lieut,-White, aUrm clock 12. Private Hobbs, large clock 13. Private Russell, hunting crop . 14. Private E. S, Smith, bridle ' ~ 15. Private A Clinch, boots 16. Corporal Levens, ham 17. Private Shallard, 2cwt flour 18. Private -Whitehead, vases 19. Private Watt, flask - ’ 20. Sergt. Smith, Grown Brewery cup , 21. Bugler Thomson, pig 22. Corporal Hobbs, large ornaments 23. Private D. Smith, lamp- . 24. Private McNally, small dock 25. Private -Mason, Mason- and Strn- - thers'- cup 26. Private Stewart, tomato-sancA 27. Private Goltman, album -. .......... 28. Private Carr, horse 29. Private Egan,-album ; 30. Private J Clinch, fat pig 31. Col-Sergt Ooira, Gabitcs’ prizes - 32. Private Radbournd, box soap 33. Band-Sergt Rutland, fruit trsr* : 34. Private Webb, 2 doz stout . : 35. Private Sutherland, 121bs candle* ~, 33. Private Velvin, onions 37. Private Vallender, forest tree* 38. Private fieri, tweed 39. Private-Bill,.shirt 40. Private Dunn, ton coals 41. Bmdaraan E Brown, teapot 42. Private Colville, Lit lamb 43. Private Austin, fat sheep. ■ HON. MEMBERS’ PRIZES. 1. Mr N C Nicholas, biscuit jar 2. Mr C Storey, teapot 3. Mr D Henry, cup. THE BALE, The annual ball was held in the evening in the Volunteer Hall, at which there was a large attendance. The hall was beautifully decorated with evergreens interwoven with flowers, the lamp bracket*, etc., being artistically covered with celored paper, and fl igs of venous kinds, us well es other ornamentation', played a prominent part in sotting off the room. The decorations reflected great credit on * the industry and taste of ‘such of the corps as were engaged in it. Mr B'Lee catered, and gave general satisfaction, no. 1 less for the excellence of the viands than for the tasteful manner in which they were placed on the table, The music supp’ied by the brothers Savage and their sister, who cume dowti from Ashburton, was all that could bo desired, and every-’ thing passed off satisfactorily. Dancing commenced shortly after 9 o’clock and was kept up unflaggingly till a fat* hour this morning. After the first part of the programme was gone through the prizes were given out by Mrs Findlay,’ In addition to the list given above - Corporal Hobbs was presented with a very handsome marble clock, the gift of Oapt Hayhiirst. This was the clock referred - to a few days ago in these columns as having been won by Corporal Hobbi. To encourage regular attendance Captain Hayhurst offered a oup to the .member wbo would attend parade meet regularly ,

during the year. It so happened that Privates Harriaon and J. Clinch attended an equal number of parades, and therefore tied for the cap. So as to encourage, Captain Hayhurst gave each of them a cup, and these were also presented. The cupa were very handsome, being each an emu’s egg standing on a pile of rifles and raoented with gold and silver, the lid being surmounted with a target. The winners were loudly cheered, on being presented with (he prizes. GERALDINE RIFLES. The members of the Geraldine Rifles, to the number of about 40, including the Band, under the command of Lient. Ward, fall in at the Oddfellows’ Hall at about half-past eight and marched down to the piece of ground upon which the camp was lately situated, where a feu fa foi end three ringing cheers in honor of Her Majesty were given in right royal style. Lieutenant Pearpoint afterwards put the men throm-’ 1 the manual exercise which was peril-lined very creditably. The men were then marched back to the Hall, and afterwards to Lieutenant Fearpoiit’s yards, where they were supplied with ammunition for the prize firing,which took frlsee immediately afterwards. The flowing are* the acures for the various events:— PRIZE FIRING.

At quarter to five firing ceased, and will be retained at about 2 o’clock this afternoon.

200 400 500 yds. yds. yds. TI. Private Cleave ... 23 21 15-69 Sergeant Woodhead... 18 18 22—58 Corporal Larcornbe... 18 19 15-52 Sergeant Guy ... 20 ■ 14 16-60 Lieutenant Findlay... 19 : 19 12-50 Private Reid..., . ... 17 20 12-49 Private E 0 Smith ... 21 19 9—40 Private Harrison .... 22. 19 8-49 Private Harte 18. 15 15-48 Private Langskail 17 21 9—47 Lioutenant White ... 20 16 11—46 Private Hobbs , ... 19 13. 13—45 Private Russell „ ... 20 8 16—44 Private E S Smith ... 19 12 131-44 Private A Clinch ... 18 16 10—44 Corporal Levens ... 15 22 7-44 'Private Shallard ..> 16 12 14-42 Private Whitehead ... 22 11 9-42 Private Watt... ,,. 20' 14 8-42 Sergeant Smith ...' 21 U Bugler Thomson ... 17 13 11-41 Corporal Hobbs ... 21 13 6—40 Private D Smith ... 11 15 11-37 Private McNally’' ... 14 10 12—36 Private Mason ... 18 7 • 8-33 Private Stewart ... 13 16 3-32 Private Coltman 10 9 11—30 Private Carr... ... 8,’ 12 10-30 Private Egan,,, ... 12 6 11-29 Private J Clinch 7 8 11-28 Col-Sergeant Coira ... 12 8 6^-26 Private Ikdbournd... 10 5 30-25 Band-Sergt Rutland... 3 10 8-21 Private Sutherland ... 16 3 2-21 Private Webb 9 12 0—21 Private Yelvin ... 7 "4 8-19 Private Vallender 11 6 8-19 Private Beri li 5 2-18 Private Bill ... ... 10 4 2—16 Private Dunn ... 7 4 9-11 Bandsman E Brown... 6 5 0-10 Private Coiviile .. 0 2 4-6 Private Austin ... 6 0 0— 6

SOOydjs 300yds i’l. N 0 Nicholas... ... 15 14 — 29 C Story ... ... 13 15 — 25 D. Henry ... ; 15 7 - n J Blytli ... ... 12 9 -r 21 R Pinckney ... ... 10 10• 20 A Young ... 9 10 — 19 A Q Wright ... ... 8 8 — 10 K F Gray ... ... 10 6 — 16 A W Surridgo... ... 0 0—0

200 300 600 yds yds yda Tl. Private Coombs ... 11 12 11—34 Private Crater ... 14 11 8-33 Lieut Ward 11 9 10-30 Private Erskine ... Id 9 6-27 Sergt Stonehouae ... 13 6 8-27 Col-Sergt Hughes ... 11 6 9—26 Corporal McKsnaie... 12 8 5—26 Private W Pye ... 9 11 4—34 Private Fleming ... 13 10 0-23 Corporal F Bethune,.. 12 6 4-32 Private D Shaw ... 12 6 4-31 Private T Sherratt ... 12 9 0-21 Private Harding ... 4 9 6-19 Private Vance6 8 B—19 Private Dierck 12 6 0-17 Private Ferguuon ... 10 4 2-16 Private J Dean 7 9 0-16 Private John Shaw... 10 6 0-16 Private Peterson ... 5 2 8—16 Sergt Penny 7 5 3-16 Private Grimmer ... 11 4 0-16 Private Forteons ... 5 3 4—13 Private J Shaw 7 6 0- J2 Private Nichols ... 6 5 0—11 Bandsman Kruse ... 6 4 0—10 Private Patrick ... 2 7 0- 9 Private Gould ... 2 6 0— 8 Private Kallaugher ; ., 4 4 0— 8 . Bugler Stonehouse ... 4 2 0— 6 Private Gripp 2 2 0-4 . Private G Bethune ... 12 11 Private J Brown ... 11 11 Private Sutherland ... 11 9 Coperal'Millard 9 7 Private Gore 9 6 Private W G Sherratt 13 0 Private Newport ... 5 7 Bandsman T Ward ... 8 4 Private Foster 5 2 Privwte Baughen ... 4 0 Private'Boughton ... 2 0