ANNUAL MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4, 5 January 1903, Page 3

ANNUAL MEETING.

The 29th annual meeting of the Auckland Rifle Association was brought to a conclusion at the Akarana Rifle Club's range at Avondale on Saturday afternoon. Owing in want of time, however, the Carbine Mutch was abandoned, and the Cadet Match was postponed until next Saturday, j In the morning the wind and light were \

j unfavourable, but in tne afternoon the conditions'were better. Great katerest cantered iv the aggregate for the championship or rlie district, tne winner being Private VV. Cox, of the Victoria Killes, who came nrsr with a total of 165. Private Cox won the Northern Match, the last that counted tor the aggregate, his win entitling him to the possession of the "Star" Cup. The afternoon was taken up with the Nursery Match and the Volley and Section Attack Competitions. The meeting has been a very successful oue. though the matches would have been got through more expeditiously had .there been more targets. It is hoped that the new Government range at Penrose will be available for the next meeting. The prizes were presented to the winners by Mr BollarC, M.H.R., a vice president of the Association. The proceedings closed with cheers for the Range Officer. Lieutenant Dormer, ami the secretary, Captain W. 11. Shepherd. -nUKTHBRN MATCH "Auckland Star" Cup).—iv snots at '/uiyds. Pt. W. Cox i,vie. Rides), £i 41 <~apt. biunner (,vic. Rules), £3 40 o<-igu juamjjay (jeiy.ko m.k'.), £2 4u t'l. Pai-siovv UNo. -i Ohinemuri) 3b ~t. Roueii (No. 1 Ohinemuri Rules; .. 3d t. Rovve (Vie. Rines) ss ot. Makgill (WuiukuJ Jo Pt. Iviuugnan (AKuruua. Ride. Club) .. 30 Pt. Drunin (Kuaoturiuj 85 C&pt. Iwetselmiar (Gisoorne Cadets).. &> aergt. Armstrong (Taranaki Rifles) .. 35 Pt. Oausiey (Tnames) 3,-, Lt. Spimey (Poxisouby Navals) 35 Lt. Pent (Waiuku) 34 ft. Mitchell (Auck. Engineers) 31 Pt. Buchanan (.Akarana R,C.) 34 Pt. Jackson (No. 3 Ohinemuris) ?4 Pt. Bampson (No. 3 Ohinemuris) 34 Pt. P. Brown (Hauraki Rifles) 33 Bt. R. G. Cox (Vie. Rifles) 82 Pi. Ogden (No. 3 Ohinemuris) 32 Lt. Atkinson (Eden Cadets) 32 Pt. Doughty (Akarana R.C.) 32 Corpl, Macfarlane (Opotiki) 31 Lit. Hubbuck (Ohinemuri) No. 1) 31 Gunner-in-nruqior W. young (H.M.s. Penguin) 31 Sergt. Phillips (No. 2 Natives) 30 Capt. Mcintosh (Onehunga) 30 Pt. Greenshields (Akarana R.C.) 30 Pt. Cook (Akarana R.C.) 30 Counted out: Pt. Weir, Pt. Henderson, and Sergt. Devereux.

CHAMPIONSHIP AGGREGATE. Pt. W. Cox (Vie. Rifles) wins the championship and gold medal and £3 10/, with . total score of 165. , . Pt. P. Brown (Hauraki Rifles), 163, wins £2 10/. Lt. Atkinson (Eden Cadets), Sergeant Maingay (Piako. M.R.), and Pt. Maughan (Akarana), 159 each, divide £3 10/. Sergt. Phillips (No. 2 Natives) and Col-our-Sergeant Aylett (Vie. Rifles), 157, 10/. THE NURSERY MATCH.—IO shots at 500 yds. Open only to those who have never won a prize to the value of £1 at any Rifle Association meeting, cadet and teams matches excepted. Sergt. J. Crosbie, Thames, £2 34 Lieut. R. Ready, No. 3 Ohinemuri, £1 10/ 33 Pvte. Q. Webster, Kuaotunu, £1 33 Troopei W. Thompson, Marsden M.R., £1 32 Trooper J. Anderson, Marsden M.R., £1 32 Pvte. J. Spargo, Victoria Rifles, 15/.. 32 Pvte. A. Brown, Thames Rifles, 16/.. 32 Pvte. J. Causley, Thames Rifles, 16/.. 31 Sergt. Becliington, Whangarei, 15/ .. 30 Corpl. A. Perrin, Onehunga, 10/ 30 Col.-Sergt. R. Aylett, Victoria Rifles, 10/ 30 Capt. L. Wallis, Franklin M.R., 10/.-. 30 Trooper McCormick, Franklin M.R., 10/ 30 Sergt. H. Devereux, No 3 Ohinemuri, W 30 P.O. J. Feakes, H.M.s. Penguin, 10/.. 30 Pvte. J. Anderson, Akarana R.C, 10/ 30 Corpl. Devlin, Whangarei Rifles, 10/.. 29 Sergt. J. Walker, Marsden M.R., 10/.. 29 Pvte. Gouldstone, Victoria Rifles, 10/ 29 Lieut. Shaw, Franklin M.R., 10/ 29 VOLLEY FIRING.-Five volleys, 600 yds. Open to teams of Aye men from—lst, any corps, club, or civilians; 2nd, any five odd men, such team to be subject to approval of committee. Whangarei Rifles, £3 80 3 Ohinemuri Rifles (No. 1), £2 .. 76 No. 1 Ohinemuri Rifles, £1 10/ ......... 73 Victoria Rifles (Ist team), £1 69 The other scores were:— Akarana Rifle Club (Ist team) 68 Akarana Rifle Club (3rd team) 68 Akarana Rifle Club (2nd team) 66 Marsden Mounted Rifles 66 No. 3 Ohinemuri Rifles (2nd team) .... 61 Victoria Rifles (2nd team) 60 Franklin Mounted Rifles 49 Thames Rifles 48 Piako Mounted Rifles 43 Engineers 40 H.M.S. Penguin 39 No. 2 Native Rifles 28 No. 3 Native Rifles 22 Victoria Rifles (3rd team) 19 No. 1 Native Rifles 17 SECTION ATTACK, FIELD FIRING.Five men, five shots, five exposures of targets. Conditions re teams same an in volley firing. Section in extended order fire one round at 600 yds, advance, and on next exposure of target halt, load, and fire, continuing to advance, and firing as target appears, until five rounds have been expended. One man

of team to act as section commander, also firing. Blsley targets. Victoria Rifles (Ist team), £3 10/ .... 66 Thames Rifles, £2 10/ 44 Marsden Mounted Rifles, £1 10/ 40 Franklin Mounted Rifles 39 Engineers , ' 34 No. 1 Ohinemuri Rifles 33 No. 3 Ohinemuri Rifles (Ist team) .... 32 No. 3 Ohinemuri Rifles (2nd team) .... 30 Whangarei Rifles 30 Victoria Rifles (2nd team) .28 Piako Mounted Rifles 24 ,No. 1 Native Rifles <••• 16