A SUCCESSFUL OPENING.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12444, 6 March 1906, Page 8

A SUCCESSFUL OPENING.

• (rit-SS -SSOCIATIOK TE_EGl__t.)' *v&i*% t„ «n. March The fifth annual meeting of the 'N_*ls£ Zealand Defence Forces itiite t\maZvstion opened this morning, in bcautii&i "$: weather. The attendant* of comr>etitbra>i constituted a record tor Utosc Katherinm.-'JI totalling 43U__dO ToluntcenT and ffio'SS nflo club men. Colonel Collins, cxec&fl five officer of the council, is hi charai §■ of the camp, and is assisted by MaiorVs Hughes, of Wanganui, and a _rgenu_£ls ber of staff officers., Oaptaiu Foster. otH Christchurch, is camp adjutant Turner, Wellington, has clwrsa-J" of the commissariat. Ji At the men were paraded. M and addressed by Colonel Collins. __t -4 pointed out what had been done in the ? 4 was* ot increasing tho camp and i_n_a'l accommodation, and expressed t-a'4 opinion that when tlic range was com."- ; | pleted it would prove to bo one of tho rinest, if.not'the best, south of the line '** and they would be able to put ou a " thoui-and men. Up to the present the'Government.had expended £1200 on tho range, and this would bo increaiod' to* "I £2000 before everything was completed'S He mentioned that tho Government didvi not intend to send a team to Bifeley t_i_**# year. Cabinet being of the opinion OuL-S it would be better in the intorosts ot'% shooting to defer the despatch of a tear_-£| for another year. If, however, there?*! was any phenomenal shooting at t_»'- L a meeting which would justify his reco_f»*i mending that a team bo sent this year".'" 7 ! the Government might bo influeacodt-"*s send one. ■*-l"uS ; Colonel Collins has suggostod nest meeting of the 1 Association lederal one, and that with a vieir'tfJi attracting competitors and teams trmti the Commonwealth tho prize momfvij should be largely increased. He A\\&M gestfi that a tontiK' match,, with fiiS-M prise of £100, should bo on the „«-€* gramme. ■ , "Til The ex-champions competing at meeting are:—A. Ballinger and f_«-M Ballinger, Wellington; Ching and Mtp® roy, Nelson; Hyde and King, Captain Nelson, Woodville; and/ 'rjm Ross, Upper Hutt. Bugler Nic-ob; o__t the Stu_ad!n*io Mounted Rifles, only sixteen years of age, js youngest- volunteer competing at tfib|| "■ '~■, The condition' that tho Ch*mm|]j§§f Belt, cannot .now be won outright "_ wjf regarded favourably, especially bytholS who; under the old conditions,. coom!! securo tho.belt as their own if they wore fortunate enough to w faffi3jlw coveted trophy this week. littlo chance, however, of thol«3|Hg§f tions being altered. '*^B_P Tho meeting opened with the 20fmE|i range of the- Auckland Match, wd;i|l| 8.45 a.m. Captain Patterson, ofHaw*s|pl| had the honour of getting awny'„'*di||| firsti shot, registering a ouUseye. V.__H|l wind during tbe forenoon renMinllfii light,- though many of the competit^^ complained of it» trickincss. ;■ {M$M I -The whole forty-two target- w«||3 used at the 200 yds range, Perrbj -Wmsl xncrston North,* rang on the poulU^^! arid' the following registered.; 34ilrt$l Bait, Gisborne-'Moncrief, Christchuritdml G. *Cr_w, Linston; J. -Mill; DunediajM Buechl, Nelson; G..Hawthorne; K*^sjf| Moselem, Kaeo; , Greenwood,^■ UflaM§| . Hutt; P. Jack, Linwood;' Brethertoji^^ 'Hawera- Williams, Waipawa; and r £itf|| 1 ter&on, Hawera. ~ . /*^«™ Going back to the 500 yd» raag& <__rs§| twenty-one targets wero used, wind waai.oneof Trenjthain's re_o#iltij||| this match ,at ~the' mfakx+ntoifamm -were thirteen poasihlas., were none.-., The highest Turner, Linton,, and, Jtato,. -34 ;-■ Ohristchurch; 'C. Fowler, Hawjem, and' SUiiAngjm^fMMl " 'As an" instance of wind at this range, it may T that,one of the'most prominent nten'in the colony—a member of :oimM—lis the Bialey teams—waa ahooting -*lf_Wm with • tyro. Do -what he could i*§_W_\ efforts to beat this wind, could only . ring on 23, youngster, who > took no notion wind and plngged -way everything, rose with' 32. ,'" Jas«B| -At tbe 600 yarde range the •b«Wi||f wae «tiU'ofa only, one competitor— -.managed to .gat-within •->©«njMi''|£f||| point- of'the 'The othew-'<i_*'eetw__^»;«- i, «ji!^ LyaUL Oretij'W,,lmW,<lMi_B C Hollai-, Pfitone; • f*-\ J J_i&___W m __\ Weber; Marett, T^raneki,T3^ % Bar<«*||| Tinuru: J. Mi-«,Da_«6W; f mea: Pettigrew, 0. Hollard, of thePeto».BuV,Cngi|| won. the-match with the imt»}m»___m 33, 33, 31—toUl 97, vM<%i'MH| of. poinfai feathan theVwi_i w_i«fcM| -Uwthorne, -of K»rori t . won the,i|g||^g ! match' last -year. < ' • -j -\:_T^__i^M The following i« th>-|*iM>,l»*;ißfflr__Jl AXJOKLA-TD* 'MATCH,'*: _»,- 300, aai mg_l__m i > mta dbots a»-«__h^»Bf«>.,'3,%'^^ C C. Holl'M-, 'P«*w^^' f *->'-*-'-<-rW_WHi *--S_naiot_,rChrl»te!_awh, H. A^-fSffl-H i " Mwrtoy; •" ' P&_m_%___\ -J_fclli_iy, Karorl, M,' «." *' • -L^Hanll * _Ue_'Pon«»rovM, (B. '_ . ; ______B_fSm , - g:> Craw, -ÜBtoß,<.M;_Bail $*»__*_gmm lw. Lowday, Woodvill*, MrloraU, Ow*W^ i MiU«, -hinedin, W;'«*•« r^m | .Tbe Xo-owin* tafc» A «yh:--Bagou»Jg Waikato, 98; Parker, ManoWtar «*«««, _._ mS _tarra_, Tanna-v 01; WhU-*T. '-'l^HjW,:*!^ I Buriord, Timaru. *>', < Cwwron, ppm,l_Wßß Patoo,' Daiwav-ae, »i fi^_*_3^ty____m_ McjSSry, -Wha-ataki.. »*,-_ Maaafleld^jjjßl zoa>'«s -Goro*-, CUMkaxA, &i<V*m_W__\ I Uuncain. »; «• X^*t*j_Mm Oi^wooa,;Uwer.&_tV. »V ££&&______s 88;' F. JT-Kd-yn, V«bw/8B; HadfidfeWM heiro. 88; Hjd-, Onakl, SB; Cockrott;,Oi«tl, «; %{>»■■ 88;' E. VcnneU, T*w-»wu, »; *_^&_____\m pier, «;' O. J. a«tt„ W, BcaxgiU,' oTpWWte, Cfcriato-urob, Otaki, 67; Harding, Blenheim, 87; g___Blll lrtnkw»„r, 87; HMny,,Opaki g7; ; .BWWMH|B C-ri-tomirch, 87; Murphy, GhTvmammimffim Moncrieff, *faimtchuTC_, 87; W«S|_H 87; Pettijrre-*. Kimboltoo, ••; :^^_____fWs Kclaon. 86; Head, Petonc, Ohristohurch, 86; Thompaoß, Club, 86; P. Jack, Itmwcoa. -«; Opaki, 80; W. Craw, Choriton, Inslewood, 86; Kcnard, Linton, Bf; v fggMml WhaVataki. 85; J. BuacW, yehwa, MIf>MSW& ■tlcworth, Charlton, 84; Tarn,. *»**WS_fM Young, Oamaru r 'Bt; Xdot>kim*^J_______m church, 8b; Blgar, InijlewDOC, **(*oS__ffl Timaru, 83; Piimtner, lord. Kurori. 83; Cooper, ra'tn_raw!f!BHiH_l 83; iAmbert, Saituuv 83; ter Rifle*, 83; Bennie, C-rivic-OIMK^^H The following were counted cat;-«*B|JBBPS Franklin; Scott, Wjmgamu; ton; Palmer, Weber; Maiflgay, Bustin. Chriatehtirch; " win Clark, Ohinemuri; and Butler, After tho Auckland yards range of the Nelson Mat*tlß__BS| taken. Tho following were «i_ *fflKfl scores:—Evans, Chrii«tchurcb£S||sSM Cameron, Opaki; and Chapman^^BßßWJm 34. France, Karorl; huna; Edgcumbe, Waikato; '"JfflSwil Ohinemuri; and Moselem, K-CO^SHraH