NEW ZEALAND RIFLE MEETING.
The weather at Trentham on Saturday was not favourable to good shooting, the wind being high and puffy. As will be seen from the positions for the championships mentioned below, many of the "old stagers " are coming to the front, showing already that tho more experienced men can hang on. The shooting, however, has so fur not been so good as at Hawke'.s Biy last year, but then at the latter place tlin weather was goo'd throughout. Two out of nine matches counting for the Belt- havn concluded, and the following are the highest positions: — Taylor, Auckland 123 Purnell, Warganui 119 Parslow, Auckland 119 Doughty, Auckland 119 Humphries, Napier 119 F. Jones, Waikart 118 Blane, Masterton 117 Kennedy, Napier 117 Proudfoot, Port Chalmers ... 116 Robertson, Peninsula .. ... 116 Ross, Napier 116 King, Oiiiniirn ... ... ... 115 John McLean, Dunedin ... 115 Richardson, Dunedin 115 Spiers, Oamarn 115 The Champion Belt winners firing at this meeting are : Bal'.inger (1879), Okey (1880). Churton (1884), Remington (18S6), Pnrnell (1883), Parslow (1889), Williams (1890), Kruse (1891), and the aggregates ot those not in the, above are : Bellinger, 112 ; Remington, 109; Williams, 108; Churton, 101; Okey, 93. (by telegraph.—pbess association), Wellington, La«t Night. The weather was beautifully fine all day. The Nelson match occupied all afternoon. The following are the principal prize winners:— Robilliard, Kaiapoi, £8 ... 90 Howe, Wellington, £S 88 Speedy, £5 ' 85 Henderson, Thames £4 ... 84 Burns, Dunedin, £4 84 Doughty, Auckland, £3 ... 83 Holmes, Wellington £3 ... 83 Princle, Hutt, £3 83 Peny, Wanganui, £2 81 Patrick, Waitehnna, £2 ... 81 Randell, Palmorston, £2 ... 80 Jones, Waikari, £2 80 Hi.ffans, Marton, £2 80 The leading aggregates at the end of the day were :— Bellinger. Wellington 23S Purnell, Wanganui 234 Doughty. Auckland 231 Jones, Waikari 231 Spiers, Oamaru ... ... ... 230 Robilliard, Kaiapoi 229 Taylor, Auckland 221 i Proud foot, Dunedin ... ... 225 Kennedy, Napier 224
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3068, 15 March 1892, Page 2
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308NEW ZEALAND RIFLE MEETING. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3068, 15 March 1892, Page 2
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