FEATHERSTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 457, 16 March 1909, Page 7

FEATHERSTON NOTES.

(FROM OUB SPECIAL COEHESrO.N'DENT.) The following are the scores for the Rifle Club's third competition for Mr. Wakley's trophy:— 200 700 Yds. Yds. Hp. Tl. C. Bockett 45 39 6 90 H. Williams 46 42 0 88 T. Benton 44 43 0 87 —. Reid ... ... 43 38 6 87 O Nix ..." ... 44 35 6 85 T Sinclair 40 27 14 81 W. Wakley ... , ... 43 38 0 81 L. Benton ... ... 39 29 11 79 A. Cundy 41 21 9 71 The new 20-inch firebell ordered from A. and T. Burt by the Town Board has arrived here. It is cast of the best brass, and weighs about two hundredweight. The price is about £15, a proportion of which is being subscribed by tho public. The bell is to be placed on tho Town Hall site. At tho last meeting of the Town Board it was decided to remove the barbed wire from round the paddock at the police station. The wiro is put on the outside of tho posts and anyone walking near it, especially in the dark, is liable to receive damage to hands and apparel. The wire from this fence is to be used to repair the fences round tho Domain. The Fcatherston Gun Club held a successful shoot on Saturday. The first shoot was a twenty-bird match of two sweeps of ten birds each, being the second competition for Mr. M'Donald's stag's head. Results:— Hep.- First Second Yds. Sweep. Sweep. TI. G. Burt, ... 12 1-5 13 28 E. Merlet ... 12 9 12 21 C. Biirt ... 14 26 23 49 T Burt ... 15 ' 20 24 44 T. Skippage ... 19 22 29 51 T. C. Irving ... 20 21 28 49 R. G. Robertson... 12 18 13 31 C, Skippage ... 15 13 17 30 Threo seven-bird sweeps were then shot for, tho results being as follow; —First sweep, T. Burt and C. Burt tied for first place; second sweep, T. Skippage first, 16 (handicap, 21 yards); C. Skippage, second,-14 (handicap 15). Third sweep, T. Skippage first, 20 (handicap,- 21); T. Hurt second 12 (handicap, 16). Two sweeps were then shot off, the wjnners being T. O. Irving and T. Skippage.