RIFLE FIRING FOR THE GOVERNMENT PRIZES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3017, 28 March 1867, Page 5

RIFLE FIRING FOR THE GOVERNMENT PRIZES.

,We j ex^rntt the following reports : of rifte firing for i the i Government prizes ifrom 1 - Southern to' hand per :«ORirogatira't'-- ;1 ,"'' '' ;' , '/' ',' thijpnze fit^g.apio^g'^pifw^ff ipf , the, , Union ''aWd'^cpyil ppnw 'of j ysuflseeip<4Bf#w Bangjtfkei jl 4is)lWoiß;too'k.|jlk,ce )( under. Jjta, mp,jfafavpjar*;bfc ciiv "(jtimgtftncea'iftst w^ek. „Jhe I foJlqwhig are the highept' ''woie^'^fydiytxjcjblptjlzeß.i-y- j;. j, „, '<, ' j ," /^kv^i,^,Bfe»'th'oT7nion) ..... . . i .»..i .46ipointe j ; ;; w \l^eufffißratuO|,jQr»lpiQj(lt(yal); ■ ....1/4A points! v „ 'jP^jßtkte^^W 9 (^w, 11 )' •'• .... >44 points j ' ; Unifgn; T. X ohnstion (tjpion) - 1 38 points , " , £riy«te BL.lJender*qn, ((Royal) >,<.• ,35 poihfci ;i Pn^Wl l . i WatB9n ) 4R9ya1),,.. , . ..i. ( . 35-points. ' { • iTlm following is the score of those frtotave vron floloniatpri«e':— " ' J ';;' / i! ' lljl ; ", ! '^ : ' ' ' Owpvtd. Tl lilbyd (Royal)'' :? ' ... ' 352 points .vB«rgo»nt W.'fi*milto.b(Ralyal) ... SO points. - "Tnir^W.o pieniTj|era i of t Captaiq,MiUa'pi cpmpany of the 1 uSM Vpiipteersmet pn )the ll.th instant and the Al,A 1 , Qfuce, ''#W scored' 42lp'oinfaf and.bjt's. ,; , The- ( tsooring Qf the :Ut,'40;2, 39j,t 35j 1, 34;.2, 32; 5,-31'j ?&s%&} 2 27; I^4; 4, 23.J 2,20 j J. 19; 16th iristant, the prize ol .th^ .T*it»i.VplunteQrs (Oaplaui L WhiteVood's ,6ompanyLyras.' taken by Mr. ' W" Hooper,' who'scfored' 41' points and hits. , Th,e reL 'Winder 1 scored 1 as follows;— l,3f; 1, 33; 3,, 81; If 30} 1, 29 •", I, 1 26 sX I6 v i k 1/24/ 1, 23, j 2, ,22 } 1, ISt lJ Wili 1? i lyQ.-MvertUcr, - tl ,\ "•'The'firing'for thg'"' "'representative, inea^' ,fc ,bo sent- to' the iatinn'al o competition, at ■yft"eJttington for rifle ' prtees, toolj! 11 ' place' at Canfejcbury, ori the '- 9th ' irist'MiV .'*t' the Sfillsb6r,ough , rapge. The following 1 were thb hich'est scorers of £heir respective 4olnpaiiies :-^Ljttelfcon"Yolunte'er Artillery, Gunner Graigie, 37 ; ' Engineers, 'Sapper, Wood, "34; ■ Staff/ Sergfeant-MaJ9r- J Al%o'A, 1 pomlpany, Private Eibstfeiuc, ; 4o,J !^?-'2"Coiinpany 'Sergeant' .Brown, 32 j 'No.' 3 Coriipany, /Private Cameron, 22;! No. & Company, €ol6thlHBergeant Wrighi,' 37 '6|6 | .iDompanyj' Corporal 'fYew'j 41 '; and No. 8 Company, ' (Private I^ioksMt, 32. CorporkVFrerw.-astHe highest' scorer, would therefore be entitled to g« to Wellington, but.a.prbtcstwaß lodged' sgainathimoTi the ground; that hiB;idfl» would not carry' the 1 i-equisite pull of' 61b., and the protest was decided on the ground, by' ; Captain Harman against him, tod Private R'eWeux! coDnequently will tske hia place. ' ' " ' ! „ ThejTaranaki Herald <A the 16th insta^t'says :— j t',f We regret that we are unable toj publish the score's! roade,, by the various competitors for : tKe| colonia^prize^ on acoount of the 'late hour atyhicti l thp;sring wwj.cdncluded. . We hear that 1 the'hiphest' score [Wa.B, made by Mr. T. Humphries, 'viz.,- 86, at! four, five r and aix hundred /yards." < '•• ' t '