RIFLE SHOOTING.
The Canterbury fcugmeen fired their first competition for their champion belt on fwo ?^ When mo3fc of " le promineS snots of tha corps were present, The shooting was by no means first-olass, owing to the boisterous weather, the wind and light bothgettmg th, better of the marksmen time after ume. At 600 yards this was atronSv , apparent, when such men as <w£» Dougall and &£?!££ making m>B9 after mica Tha Z ? were §00, 500 and 60?'vard 3 £?V ?** tSTuSts Sap ? er h : h pu g t he u 3 p Ured b >' tfae first-named
Prize shooting regulations. Kaiapoi put a good team in the field, but high shooting was rendered impossible owing to a stiff nor'-wester. The scores were :—Kaiapoi Rifles—Corporal C. Simpson 75, Private Drabble 83, Corporal Oram 73, Sergeant Pearce 60, Private Pearee 62, Lieutenant Simpson 71, Private Simpson 75, Private F. Robilliard 84, Private Hayman 62, Private N. G. Robilliard 68 ; total 713.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9879, 9 November 1897, Page 2
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