RIFLE SHOOTING.
The r etormshowingthe results of volley' firing for'the past year throughout the colony has been received by the local Defence Office. The Wanganui Rifles' come first with a total of 1190 points, and an average of 21"25. The Kaiapoi Rifles are second, . with a total of 1034'8 points, and an average of 20'67. The Timaru Rifles are third with a total of 1015T5 points, and an average of 19'52. The following is the order of the other Canterbury corps on the New Zealand list: Waimate Rifles, 9th, average 16T8; Canterbury Engineers, 10th, average 15 - 93; Temuka Rifles, 21st, average 14'5; Timaru Port Guards, 22nd; average 14 ; Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, 24th, average 13-92; Timaru City Rifles, 28th, average 13'62; Christ’s College Rifles, 29, average 13*62; N Battery (Lyttelton), 33rd, average 13 ; Christchurch City Guards, 40th, average 12*21; Rangiora Rifles, 42nd, average 12-.01; Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 47th, average 11*51; E Battery, 48th, average 11'41; Imperialßifles, 52ud, average H'lO; Lyttelton Navals, 54th, average 11'02: Ashburton Rifles, 67th, average lO'Ol:; Christchurch City Rifles, 78th, average O'OS. Eighty-six corps, containing 4002 men, fired in all, and the average for tho whole colony was 12'21.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11580, 16 May 1898, Page 3
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191RIFLE SHOOTING. Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11580, 16 May 1898, Page 3
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