CARTERTON RIFLE VOLUNTEERS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 971, 11 January 1882, Page 2

CARTERTON RIFLE VOLUNTEERS

The commissioned officers and 24 rank and file of the above corps were on parade on Monday evening at the Publio Hall. After practice (the drill instructor being present), the monthly meeting of the corps was held. _ Captain Snodgrass stated that there had been some misunderstanding with regard to the District Prize Firing. A meeting of officers, it appeared, had been.callad hy Captain Tully at Carterton. He (the speaker) did not receive notice of it, Captain Ruck attended, but Captain Tully did not, It.was proposed that there should be a champion prize of £A for the highest Bcorer in the three corps, and a first and Becond prize of £2 and £1 for each corps, the firing taking place at their respective ranges, and this to be considered the first firing for Colonel Pearce'scup. He had written the commanding officers of the other corpß proposing that the firing take place on the 17th or 24th, to which Captain Tully had replied in favor of the former date, but no answer had been received from Captain Ruok. Their new range was, he thought, better than any they have previously had, and he trusted that the Carterton corps would shew up well. As they were somewhat short of ammunition, he proposed that class firing should cease for the present, to enable those who competed to have a good supply lor practice, as without practice on a new range they could not expert to make good scores on the day of competition. This course would not delay the class firing long, as he anticipated a full supply of ammunition in a week's time.

In reply to a question from Vol. Moore, Captain Snodgrass said that if .they had had plenty of money at their disposal it would have been well to have allotted]! among the three classes; but as it warn so limited an amount two prizes could oil go to each corps. The ammunition H prize firing he believed would be furnislfl free by the Government. On .callingH those present to see how many woH compete for the distriot prizes, a scH held up thoir hands, and it was resoH that the class firing be dropped forH present. Captain Snodgrass stated H he proposed the gold medal, shot of the company, should be firefl| at the end of_ the quarter in the second week in April, and every anoe at church inspection and parade would count a point, As was engaged for the two it was agreed that the muster outsids and that there be a drill main road. It was announced that there a divine parade on Sunday next, the firing for the company's cup stand over until a further supply munition was obtained, With regard to the challenge Wellington to fire against a Wairarapa team, Captain formed his men that the matoh committee of the Masterton met that evening and ,one of the members of it had promised to send him the result of the meeting immediately after. The men dispersed about ten o'olook.