THAMES SCOTTISH PRIZE FIRING.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1799, 27 April 1874, Page 3

THAMES SCOTTISH PRIZE FIRING.

Br the kind permission of Mr Moljireu, Captain Mclioberts, and Mr i£a ailtou, this company were permitted to fire at tiie Parawai range on Saturday. There were several prizes to be fired for, as follows :—Silver watch, £2, and a handsome plum cake. These were divided into six priaaa, aad to be ompited for only by men who never won a ompauy's prize before. Uanges—3Jo,4oo, and 50J yards, five shots at each. The winners were: — Volunteer Graham •48 points, watch VounteerForgie ■45 „ 15a Corporal Minnie -42 „ 10s Volunteer (Jorbetb ■40 „ 7s 6d Volunteer McCUul • 34- „Cake&2s6d Volunteer Gale ■ -32 „ 5s At the same time the nunfchly firing for the modal presented by Captain Murray took place, when it was won for the second time by Lieutenant Dey with a fine score of 49 prints. He was tied by Sergeant Hobertshaw, with 49, and hotly pressed by Corporal Scott, 43. Volunteers Jam 33 Bco vn and W. Littlejohn, 47 each. The same competition stauds for the first stage of firing for the Old Wiiau scrip, presented by Mr John Borthwick, and the scores above 40 are :— 800 100 600 yards.] yards, yards. Tl. Lieutenant Dey ■ 18 14 17-49 Ssrgt. Itobartsluw 13 15 16—49 Corporal Sott ■ 20 15 13 —4:3 Vol. Littlejohn ■ 15 15 17-47 Vol. Jos Hcorra ■ 16 20 11—47 Uaptiin Murray -16 ,16 15-47 ■iergt. Campbell ■ 17 13 16—to' Vol. Modern ■ 16 • 18 12-4t> Vol. Graham • 16 15 15-46 Vol. Pirgie - 15 17 13-45 Qc-.Vtr. Carpenter 16 14 14-44 (Lrporal Mcueod • 17 16 11-44 Vol. Oownio • 19 14 10-43 Corporal Alonnie • 17 15 10-42 Vol, Corbett •15 14 11-40 The marking in the mwtolot was superintended by Sergeant Morrison of tfo. 2 I Company.