THE RIFLE CHAMPION
[nv telegrap^.] Woodville, Monday. Nelson, the champion rifle shot, and the other members of the Woodville hide Club, bad an enthusiastio reception on Saturday, on their return from Wanganui. On the arrival of the train, after hearty congratulations, the champion was carried shoulder high to his carriage. A procession was formed consisting of the band, volunteers, mounted rifles, the carriage containing the shooting men (which was drawn by a number of enthusiasts) and several hundred people, ill the streets were paraded, which were beautifully Ut up with Chinese lanterns most of the way, and flags on the prominent buildings. A bait was made in front of the Borough Chambers, when congratulatory speeches were delivered by the Mayor and others. Being Saturday night, business could only be suspended for a short time, but the victorious riflemen will be enter talned at a social on Wednesday night.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11809, 2 April 1901, Page 3
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148THE RIFLE CHAMPION Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11809, 2 April 1901, Page 3
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