NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1705, 1 March 1888, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Oajcaru, February 27. The Wellington Match was finished today, and the Hawkes Biy match, which counts for both belts, commenced. Wellington Match ; 200 and 500 yards; seven shots. Private Ballinger, Wellington Guards £lO 59 Private Harding, Blenheim, £7 ... 59 Corporal D'Auvergne, Rangiora, £6 57 Private Gentry, Peninsula, £5 ... 67 Sergeant McCarthy, Dunedir. Guards, £5... 5T Sergeant Parslow, A Battery, £4 .„ 57 Corporal Lyon, Riverton, £4 _ ... 57 There were eighteen other prizJtakers, the prizes ranging from £3 to £l. Sergennt Guy, who made 52, was among those " counted out." Feb. 28. The weather all day was lovely for shooting, and the light good. Occasionally defeotive cartridges ware found, but complaints on this score were very few. The prizes have been reduced in consequence of the entries not being so luroe as was anticipated. On Friday night it will be decided where the next meeting will be held. Hawses Bat Match (counting for both belts); 200 and 500 yards ;10 shots. Lumsden, A Bittery, £10... ... 82 Rose, Auckland Rifles, £7 ... 81 Corporal Hutchison, Dunedin, £6 ... 79 Foster, Wanganui, £5 ... ... 79 Hughes, Wacgsnui, £4 ... ... 78

Proudfoot,B Battery, £4... ... 78 Ihere were fifteen other prizetskers of from £3 to £l, aud several with 76 «ere counted out. Last year 80 took the first prize. Auckland Match; 200, 300, and 600 yards ; seven shots at each distance. Gunner Thames Navals, £lO 81 Sergeant fyler, Rimgiora, £7 ... 80 Private,Raines, West Taieri, £6 ... 79 Lieutenant McTavish, Peninsula, £5 79 Hon. Major Purnell, Waoganai, £5 78 Sergeant Remington, Wanganui, £4 78 Corporal Maddock, Blenheim, £4 ... 78 Eighteen others, with scores varying from 78 to 75 took prizes varying from £3 to £l. Feb. 29. Thirty-eight prizes, of the aggregate value of £llO, are offered in the North Otago match. Tha leading prizes are' £ls, £l2, and £lO, and there are twentyeight of £1 each. The weather to-day is fine, but their has bean steady wind from the right. Marlborough Match, 500 and 600yds ; ten shots at each distance. Private Hutchinson, Danedin, £8 ... 67 Sergeant Jones, Waikara, £6 ... 64 Private White. Auckland, £5 ... 64 Private Fox, ff on.. Reserve Corps, £4 61 Parkes, Wunganui, £4 61 Fourteen others, whose scores ranged from 60 to 68, took pn'zes varyiog from £3 to £l. Sergeant Guy (58), Temuka, won a prize of £l. Nelsoh Match, 10 shots at 3 °o and 500 yards, carbines qqly. Lumsden, A Battery, £8 ... ~♦ 75 Kuchen, D Battery, £6 74 Weir, Thames, £5 .« , 72 Manning, E Battery, £4 70 Williams, Wellington Navals, £3 ... 69 Moore, M Battery, £2 ... m 69 Seven others took prizes of £l.

The city corporation of Wellington ban sent an order to a Nottingham firm for a rubbish deßtructor.