TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

The prize filing by the Te Awamutu Cavalry for Troop prizes commenced on Saturday Bth ins>t. The competitions take place on the 2nd Saturday in September, October and November, the first of which came off on Saturday. The ranges arc 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards, 5 shots at each range. Any military position. Target 6x4 centre 3 feet in diameter, bulls eye 12 inches in diameter, two competitors to fire alternately their o shots at each range, when their place is taken by two others. The highest aggregate in the three competitions will be the winner of a saddle value £3, presented by Capt. Rutherford, but the winner of this gets, no other prize. The money prizes amounting to £10 will be divided accord* ing to classes. Ist class includes all who have ever won a prize, 2nd class consists of those who have never won a prize. The prizes for the first competition -n as for both classes Ist prize 12s, 2nd prize 103, 3rd 7s, 4th 4s 4d. Twenty two competed on Saturday, the following is a list of those who made over 40 points. Ist Class. 2nd Class. Lieut. Bruer .. 51 Cpl. G. Churches 45 Tr. H. Graham 51 Tr. W. Leighton 44 Tr. H. Short ... 43 Tr. J. Weal . . 43 Sergt. T. Bond 44 Tr. H. Miller 43 Tr. F. Bruce . 41 Tr. C.Alexander 42 Tr. S. Short ... 43 Considering the small size of the target and the fact that the men are now armed with the short cavalry carbine — a weapon entirely new to them it will be seen that they made good shooting. The Te Awamutu cavalry were always famed for being good shots, and it is to be hoped they will keep tip their good name. The firing for the troop Champion Belt will be held on the fourth Saturday in September, October, and November. The belt is now in possession of Trooper F. Bruce : it becomes the property of any member of the troop who wins it twice in succession, or three times at intervals. The fact of the postmaster here having no assistant is a source of great inconvenience to the public, as he has to deliver telegrams himself, .and consequently is frequently absent on that duty from the office. Anyone coming while he is out has of course to await his return, thereby incurring a certain amount of delay, which could be easily obviated by the Telegraph Department sending an assistant here. If a cadet is sent, as soon as he becomes useful he is transferred to some more favoured district, and we are left as badly off as before, Telegrams taking precedence of all other business, the postmaster frequently has to leave the delivery of mails to attend to the instrument. Increase of business in the postal and telegraph departments is the natural result of increase of population, and as the latter is increasing it is a wonder one man manages to get through with the work. Nothing has been done as yet by the Government in the matter of erecting a monument to the soldiers who fell in action in Rangiaolna and Orakau, and who were buried in the Te Awamutu churchyard. About a year ago a party of A.C. came here and levelled the mounds and removed the tablets which marked the last resting-place of the men who fell in action, and it was reported at the time the Government, intended erecting a ( monument to their memory. Surely the matter will not be allowed to drop. It would be a lasting disgrace to allow the deeds of those brave men to be effaced from our memories. A monument with the names inscribed on it would not cost very much, and would show at least that %e'had some •sense of gratitude for the services' rendered us by those, lirave men. — [Own Correspondent. 1 ]

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