KAIAPOI COMPANY RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
On Tuesday" last the above Company fired for Messrs. Hibburd and Co.'s prize rifles, at their excellent range near Kaiapoi. The weather, was everything that could have been desired, and the attendance of spectators was large; the fair sex especially mustered in great force, and the company is much indebted to thena for this graceful token of the interest they take in its proceedings. The ground was gaily decorated with flags, and the band, which has greatly improved, played at intervals during the day. We may venture to say that Kaiapoi sand hills have never before been animated by so gay a scene, the impression of which will not soon be effacedjfrom the memory of those who were present. The firing party consisted of 21 men of whom two fired as honorary members of the company, viz., Messrs. Higgins and Wylde The firing commenced at 10.30 and proceeded till the tenth round was completed, when refreshment for the inner man was the order of the day. At 2.3o"the firing was resumed, and was finished at 4 o'clock. The adjutant then gave out the scores, and congratulated the Company on the fact of the highest score being ahead of any at present known to have been made in the competition, and also on the result which he considered very creditable. The following is an analysis of the scoring:—
NAMES. s ■■3. I I •a I I i s 0Q — — I ' i - W. Eevell 5. Beswick ?.Day W. Wright I. Higgins, H.M I. Wright L Blakiston Sdward Eevell, I. Boddington I. Matthews "as. Wylde, No. 2 '.Fuller i. F. Hewlings r. C. Eevell; rames Homershain i."O. Black 3. Dudley ,.. I E.Dudley W. Joynt ?. Homersham 3. Everest 12 9 9 11 10 12 9 8 9 8 10 11 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 2 10 10 10 9 4 \1 5 7 7 5' 3 3 6 2 3 5 4 4 1 0 1 6 8 6 5 10 4 8 5 'i 5 3 2 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 28 27 25 25 24 23 22 20 20 19 18 17 17 14 13 11 9 9 9 9 ! 3 3 4 3 2 '2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 5 :5: '8 8 5 6 5 7 5 7 ■4' 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 5 6 3 2 4 4 7 3 3 1 3 8 7 5 2 3 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 ''5 6 6 3 5 6 9 9 11 9 9 13
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVII, Issue 982, 9 April 1862, Page 3
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KAIAPOI COMPANY RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
Lyttelton Times, Volume XVII, Issue 982, 9 April 1862, Page 3
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