VOLUNTEERING.

Evening Star, Issue 11684, 17 February 1902, Page 1

VOLUNTEERING.

DUNEDIN NAVALS. On Saturday the Dunediil Navals fired the final match, in the first series of four. The weather was none toi favorable for fine shooting, the scoring beingconsiderably below that of previous matches. The prize-winners in this series are as follow:—A. Class: P.O. Valentine and P.O. Coates tio for first place with 11 point! to their credit; P.O. Perry, with 11 points, taking third; Gunner Morrison feurth with 8 points. In the B Class Gunner M'Oulloch 12 points, Gunner Garbutt 12 points. Gunner Bolton 9 points, and Gunner Crawford 8- points take prizes. The O class firing, at one range only, resulted as follows: —Gunner Owen (10 points) 1, Gunner Momson (7 points) 2, Gunner Watt (7 points), 3. The tie in the A Class will be shot on at another time. The following are the scores for the last match;—

C.P.O. Price, 51, 10, 61; Gunner Toase, 48, 10, 58; Gunner Wilson, 45, 8, 53; P-O. Valentine, 52, scratch, 52; *P.O. Coates, 47, scratch, 47; Gunner Williams, 35, 5, 40.

Gunner Connell, 30, 8, 38; Gunner Jack, 27, 10, 37; Gunner Farr, 26, 9, 35. 0 Class. Gunner Middiemass, —, 7, 29, 5 points; *Gunner Owen, 24, 2, 26, 4 points; Gunner Deans, 22, 4, 26, 3 points ; Gunner Leach, 17, 7, 24, 2 points; Gunner Lawlor, 17, 5, 22, 1 point; Gunner Morrison, 15, scratch, 15; Gunner Dowland, 8, 4, 12; Gunner Wellesley, 9, 6, 14; Gunner Aldred, 4, 3, 7. There will be another series of four matclies to follow, the highest aggregate in six of the eight to will the Champion Belt for the ensuing year. t Long rifle. * Range prizes. DUNEDIN ENGINEERS. On Saturday afternoon the Dunedin Engineers made a fresh departure in rifle shooting—at any rate, as far as this district is concerned. Shelter trenches had been improvised at the different ranges, giving kneeling cover at 200 and 300 yards, and lying-down cover at 400 yards. Practice was given in firing from the cover thus provided, time being allowed for each man to expose himself, fire, and resume cover, those failing to do so within the stipulated time losing the shot. Five shots were fired at each distance, and the

HIGHLAND RIFLES. On Saturday afternoon the Highland Rifles fired the third and final competition of No. 2 match, for prizes presented by the corps. The conditions were ten shots and sightcr at 300 and 600 yards. A changing light, combined with a strong wind, made large scores difficult to obtain. The highest scores in Saturday’s competition, also the highest aggregates fov the match, are as follow.—

DUNEDIN RIFLES (BURT’S CORPS). On Saturday afternoon the Dunedin Rifles fired the third competition for Mr A. Burt’s cup and gold medal and other prizes. The conditions were ten shots and optional sighter at 500 and 600 yards. The following are the

eaitangata rifles. The following is the result of a friendly shooting match held at Kaitangata on Wednesday last between teams from the Brace and Kaitangata Rifles. The weather was fine, though a tricky wind was blowing. At the conclusion of the match, Captain Stewart, for the visitors, made a brief speech on behalf of his team, and Captain Rutherford responded for the local men. The conditions of the match were seven shots and two optional sighbers at 300, 500, and 600 yards;

" GETT GUARDS. j The City Guards fired the fifth compatSkm of the Citizens’ Jffatch on SatuisHy. strong wind that was blowing sMerabiy against high scoring, and the aaagtjing at the longer distance poor. i xbb conditions were ten shots at 300 yards, and the highest scores were:— j - j

♦Range prizes. CAVRRSHAM RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. The above fired their sixth competition on Saturday. The prizes competed sor were:— First prize (presented by Mr Stevenson) and the second prize (presented by the company), the winners bring Color-sergeant Bremner end Private G. Rnssell respectively. The conditions were: Seven shots at 300, 500, and 600 yards, but a strong wind militated against good scores being made. The scores in this competition also count for Hislop’s cup. The following are the highest scores; —

CAVERSHAM RIFLES v. HTJUREN FAMILY. The annual match against the seven brothers of the M'Laren family, of Kenmore. Gaversham, took place during the above competition, the conditions being seven shots at 300 and 500 yards, and again the Rifles ceeded in defeating their old “enemies by 47 points. Caversbwn Rifles.

1 V Class. 500 600 yds. yds. Hep . TL Pts. tLieut.-com. Allen. 37 31 — — 68 — t Lieut, Fredrio ... 41 39 — — 80 — tC-P.O, Woollett 35 26 — — 61 — Gunner Eussell 39 28 9 — 76 5 P.O. Perry ... — 36 26 5 — 67 4 *Gun. S. Morrison 41 15 8 — 64 3 Gunner Fraser 30 23 10 — 63 2 P.O. Maclde 23 28 10 — 61 1

B Cla ss. ♦Gunner Garbutt 31 21 5 — 57 5 Gunner Bolioxx ... . 26 21 7 — 54 i Gun. Cravrford „ . 24 21 7 — 52 5 *Gutu M'CuIlocL. . 37' 13 — 50 2 Gunner Morris .. . 25 12 8 — 45 1

highest scorers were: — 200 300 400 yds. yds. yds. Ti. Corporal Miles 18 21 21 - - 60 Sapper MacDonald . 22 17 17 - - 56 Sergeant Dredge 'Sapper Ellis - 19 15 21 - - 55 12 15 25 - - 50 Sapper Macaulay 13 19 17 - - 49 Corporal Bragg ... — Lance-corp. Williams— 16 18 15 7 17 - 21 - - 4-8 - 46 Lance-corp. M'Neil — 12 19 15 - - 46 Corporal Smith — 17 17 12 - - 46 Sapper Fairclough 16 10 19 - - 45 Sapper H. Smith 13 16 16 - - 45 Sapper Edgeworth — 17 11 16 - - 44

Saturday’s Competition. 300 600 yds. yds. Hep. Tl. Private Smith ... 40 23 17 — 80 Corporal Cowie ... ... 41 22 17 — 80 Private Ryder ... . — 35 52 10 — 77 Sergeant Dickel ... .„ 28 36 12 — 76 Captain Stoneham ... 41 54 — — 75 Private Gordon ... ... 30 35 10 — 75 Ideutennt Demister 40 34 — — 74 Private Lawson ... ... 33 27 12 — 72 Private M'Kinlay „. 26 31 15 — 72 Private Melville ... 31 26 15 — 72 Sergeant Harper ... 36 29 5 — 70 Aggregates. 1st 2nd 3rd iomp. comp. corap. Tl. Lieutenant Dempster 90 — 74 — 164 ♦Private Bannerman 8U 80 160 ♦Private Gordon . 80 80 160 ♦Private Smith . 77 80 — 157 Sergeant Harper . 80 76 — — 156 Sergeant Dickel . 80 76 — 156 Corporal Cowie . 76 — 80 — 156 Corporal Livingstone 84 — 68 — 152 Private Melville . 80 — 72 — 152 Private Garbutt . 71 80 Ibl * Prize-takers.

highest scores: — 500 600 yds. yds. TI. Private Tulloch 40 *36 — 76 Color-sergeant Martin 43 52 75 Private Morrison 38 36 — 74 Private Welsh- •- 39 32 — 71 Sergeant Hay Lieutenant Jackson -- 41 37 30 — 71 29 — 66 Lieutenant M'Millan — ■- 41 25 — 66 Private M'Donald 36 26 — 62 SeVgeant Wells *44 12 — 5^ *Eange prizes

Kaitangata Rifles. 60ft « 300 500 yds. vds. yds. Tl. Private Jas. Smith ... 29 ‘32 32 — 93 Private T. Lawrence ... 28 33 31 — 92 Corporal A. Smaill ... 31 32 29 — 92 Private CL Anderson ... 31 30 29 — 90 Captain Rutherford ... 28 29 29 — 86 Lieutenant Aitoheson 27 30 28 — 85 Private G. Frazer 26 30 28 — 84 Private T. Frazer — 29 31 24 — 84 Private G. Duncan 28 34 21 — 83 Corporal C. Bryce ... 24 33 24 — 81 Total Bruce Rifles. ... 870 Private Duthie 26 35 30 — 89 Private Murray 26 34 27 — 87 Private Farrell ... ~ 27 27 30 — 84 Lieutenant Boyle 28 52 24—84 Sergeant Capstick 27 31 25 — 83 Bugler Peattie ... — 27 27 28 — 82 Sergeant Newbegging 27 31 23 — 81 Captain Stewart 25 28 26 — 79 Sergeant Paul 29 21 19 — 69 Lieutenant M'Clymont 18 19 22 — 59 Total ... ..s, ... ... .M ... ... 787

300 GOO i yds. yds. Hep 1 *Prvt. Adamson .». 44 38 2 — 84 f s *Prvt. Schulonburg 33 26 25 — 84> , % *Prvt. Hnsbanqd ... 35 24 25 — 84i" 3 Lieut. Douglas 37 26 20 — 83 : I *Lient. Jack ... ... 42 40 — — 82>1 Prvt, C. -Baird ... 42 •29 6 — 77.' Bugler Parsons ... 32 20 25 — m ■» r Prvt. Sonntag... ... 40 36 — — 76 *Gorp. Moss 45 30 — — 75 Prvt. Gtllanders 37 33 5 — 75 Prvt. Christensen .. 39 35 — — 74

CoL-eergi. Bremner ?00 500, yds. yds. 29 28 600 yds. Hp. Tl. 23 5 — 85 1 Prrt. G. Russell ... 23 24 16 15 — lo Prvt. Barrington ... 25* 23 12 18 — 78 Prvt. Popfeeoos 24 25 26 2 — 77 Prvt. McLaren ... 24 19 28+ 5 — 76 Sergt. M'Laren 24 27 17 5 — 73 Prvt. Jones 19 30+ 13 11 — 75 SergL Searle 28+ 26 17 — — 71 Lieut. Smith ... ... 22 22 12 15 — 71 f Range prizes. * Special range prize.

, 500 yds. 500 T\. Color-sergeant Bremner ... 29 28 — 57 — 54 — 49 — 46 Sergeant Searle ... 28 26 Private Port ecus ... ... 24 25 Private Scott ... 23 25 Lieutenant Hume ... „. 18 26 — 44 Private Foster ... 20 19 — 39 Bugler Waugh ... 27 9 — 36 M'Laren Peter 169 Brothers. 29 156 25 325 — 54 — 51 — 43 George M'Laren ... ... W 27 Duncan M'Laren ... ... ... 24 19 Donald M'Laren ... 22 20 — 42 — 40 — 26 — 22 Alexander M'Laren... ... 20 20 Janies M'Laren 9 17 William M'Laren ... ... 15 7 143 135 278