OAMARU NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 12205, 25 May 1904, Page 4

OAMARU NOTES

[FnOSI OCR OWST COKRREPONDICNT,] OAMARU, May 24. The first competition for the cup jjre- ; sented by the ladies of OaH’.aru to i.he j volunteers of No. 3 Battalion was held today under conditions not of a favorable kind. There was no wind, but the day was dull, and the difficulties weie added to bv rain. Four companies sent teams of fourteen men—viz., the Queen’s Rifles |Oamarn), Oamaru Rifles, Hampden Rifles, and Luntroon Rifles. The competition was under service conditions—individual firing at 700 yds, with a time limit, 500 yds vol- ' leys, with a time limit, and 200 yds, with j disappearing head and shoulders targets. The shooting was fair, though not so good | as might have been looked for had the ■ weather been more favorable. The Hamp- ■ den Rifles topped the score with a total of ; 225 points, the Oamaru Rifles coming next ; with 20-1, and the Queen’s Rifles third with i 199. A second and final competition will be held on the Prince of Wales’s Birthday. The 200-pago illustrated bulletin of the American School of Correspondence (at Armour Institute of Technology) may be had free by anyone interested in any brahehl of engineering, architecture, building, or carI pentry. Dunedin address: 10 Rattray street, ' Call or write at once.—CAdvtJ