Eleventh Day.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1901, 5 February 1875, Page 2

Eleventh Day.

The morning threatening rain, nothing „.< has been done in the way of shootingjgfl| The black target* of Mr Soall are in thenj^^ places,, and cannot ttejsaid to look prepos* , sessing. . Ihere is no bull's eye to be seen by the person firing, but in the •• mantletts the men can distinguish lines draWn marking the bull's-eye and centre* :

Betting is 2tol on the Colonial team, > although the Scottish will take a good place in the opinion of moitpe. ' ; •*'*

The-English team for the intercolonial , match—Skinner, Blatch, Blythc, Fox, : s Gilberfc, Grundy, Leigh, Munyard, Pur- ' nell, and Sykes. r ' Scottish team^-Ejder, Wilson, Goldie, McLeod, Christie, Campbell, (Thames), Bicbardson, M<??: f Lean, Mcllvride, andJCaptam Murray. I Camp orders posted up—Saturday, settle/, : "> ment .of accounts ; Sunday, no parade in camp; Monday, parade in camp.without arms for presentation of prizes at 10 a.m., and in the afternoon at 2 o'clock parade td march to Grahamßtownj embark at Tararu on board the Lun*, but no parade, for .purpose. - Public reception in Auckland at 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening, when Volunteers appear i\ in uniform.

The intercolonial match has been up mainly through the exertions of Capt._ Murray,, who,/after gettinc permisuoiTVT from j . Colonel-Lybn, .with jMr/ Skinrer |' c! telegraphear to' Sir Donald Mste»&x's;< for;a- priie, and Has had a reply; grantiog^-, \ £10 to . the team making the t highest 4 { •KJ'egtte score. ,Xh« only matter •>-/.••

of interest now among the men is the chances of the several teams, and what may be expected for the men forming the teams. The men. during the morning have been trying to amuse themselves with music, singing and telling stories. Ikish Team.—Lieufc. Mellsop, Captain Armstrong. Fenton, Grant. McEce, Clark, K|an, Dimdas, MoConnett, and Moore. t J£be prizes for the match.at the black -is^^»r< s*—fi«t» £G ; second,. £5 ; and M.h\js.v jVr4thtwo "range prices of £2 eav.»v

Df early all the Representatives turned out to compete for the prizes offered in the match at the black targets. Previous to the men marching out Mr Soall said ho wished to make a few remarks, having obtained the permission of the Officer Commanding. He said —In the, Advertiser it was stated that thete black targets were a whim of his, but he wished to inform the editor of that paper that it was no whim of his, but an idea based upon good logical reasons substituting black for white targets ; and showing that the idea had been entertained by. the Hon. the Defence Minister the present match prizes, were given". In the field men would have a dark object, not a white one, to fire at in the shape of an enemy, and therefore it was the more logical that men should have practice at dark objects instead of white ones. There was some little applause after the above remarks by Mr Soall, and the men proceeded to the range. Shooting now proceeding.