OUR VOLUNTEERS.
The "A." Battery N.Z.A. fired the second of three matches for the Company's Belt on Saturday afternoon at Mount Eden Range. Conditions :—7 shots at 200, 500 and COO yards. A strong gusty wind from the right front proved very troublesome, and at 600 yards completely baffled some of the shoob'sis. The following are the highest scorers :— 200vds 500 yds COOyds Total Corporal Orr .. ..25 25 31 81 Bomb. Short ~ .. 25 26 25 76 Gunnei- J. Campbell .. 20 21 19 Gti -.cvgt. Shci-son .. .. 2G 30 8 -CI Gunner Browne .. 24 20 13 .fc. The leading scores for the two matches are J—Corporal Orr, 157 ; Gunner J. Campbell, 147 ; Gunner Browne, 143 ; and Bomb. Short, 141.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 253, 1 November 1897, Page 5
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