SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.
: —• ■ Dunedin- Rifle Club The Dunedin R fle Club tired the final competition for a travelling rug (presented by a member of the club) on Saturday last. The conditions for the trophy were four competitions (three to count, and one optional), und the winner proved to bo Mr Lydere, with a total of 217 points. A' " fishLail " wind puzzled most of the competitors, and the shooting on the whole was poor. Saturday's shooting was seven shots at 300, 500, and GOO yards, and the highest scorers were : 300 500 1500 ~ ~r ~ , yds. yds. yds. Hep. Tl. Mr \V. Montgomery... 2ii £<) 2) ,s,j Mr A. Brown-Dune... '2O it! 25 10 —SI Mr K. (.Jrii-psliide ... 'w 33 ]<) 74 Mr.l. M'Mill.in ... ai) i'.t 20 70 Mr F. W. Lydurs ... 20 23 2:2 71 Ammunition prizes pr<s?nted by the club were won by the ihtc-e fir-t nanieu. DITNEMN EstitNKKKS. Oa Silurday alternoon the Engineers Bred a field firing natch at their range, Pdichet Biy. Th*; conditions were ten shots at 300 yds (kneeling) and 400 yds (lying down). Volley-firing targets wero used, hits on the lower portion counting five and on the upper portion three. The match drew a large number of competitors. Corporals Power and Jacobs, with possib'es, tied for first place, and on firing off the former was placed first, taking Lieutenant Nieolson's prize; Corporal Jacobs takes the second prizi, and Engineer VVhelan third. The highest scorers were : 300 400
yiU. uls. Tl. Corporal Power ... 50 50 - ion Corporal Jacobs ... W) 50 — 10(1 Engineer Whelan ... no 48 - 98 Sergeant Tonkin ... 15 50 — 95 Corporal Klvnn... ... 4ti 4Si — ill Engineer Wilhelmson ... ... 51) 42 — 92 Engineer Mokes ... 45 4(i - 91 Engineer.!. Campbell ... ... 45 45 — 90 1/ieutenaiit Midcley ... rat 41) — 90 Lance-corporal Ferguson ..* 5(1 4C — 9(1 Sergeant Lauey ... 35 50 — 85 Engineer Smith ... 40 45 — S5 Captain Bnrclav ..... ... 40 45 — 85 E'igi eor Ev.-ns ... ... 53 35 - So 1'iiigler lire ... 50 35 — K5 Engineer MacGcorgc ... ... 41 43 - SI
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Evening Star, Issue 11133, 8 January 1900, Page 1
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