RIFLE SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.
~Tlio following story of an extraordinary; rifle shooting match comes to the Free' Liince trnm Waikato, Tivo'worthy settiers'|o wit, Hugh Kirkwond (a publican mid sinner) and Oliver (a Maori trader.),' in- their cups ohe nigliV; made.up.'a'rifle match" for £3 aside, fifteen shots at! 300, 400, and 500 yards. Some of the/A.C; gava their assistance as. markers, and one lii)o.afternoui tlio slidotißta,-Vvith: riflo3, ■ammunition,, airda'.few bottles of P.-8,, appeared- before tho b.utts. The firingcommenced at 300 yards, and the' spectntors, who werennmerousjiad aii'exciting, time of it. At the first range there were .no hits',', so pome one suggested thatiii-' £te:id of goirig back to the next rangej they should .move ,'forward ,to .the 200 yds, but ■as no hits wero made at'that 1 raiiue ( -the competitors fired their last fivd shots each, at the. 100 yds range—with the Bame result. The crowd .breathed freely whenceasß firing" was sounded, and now rifle 'shooting is a forbidden.tnpio at A certain ■street corner.[n, Alexandra,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 660, 6 January 1881, Page 2
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163RIFLE SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 660, 6 January 1881, Page 2
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