RIFLE SNOOTING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 5 February 1913, Page 1

RIFLE SNOOTING

NELSON DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB. •, A competition, was held on Saturday last over ranges 500 and 900 yards, 7 shots at each, for the Saturday Trophy": Rifleman J. Manssen secured the leg-in, for the trophy with, the score of 67. This rifleman has just struck. form again, and this fact will,.no doubt, be noted by the club's handicappers. .Rifleman R. McGuire's score of 66 off the rifle was- a" very fin© performance. The. following are the scores of all competitors : . ,

At Christie's sale rooms a ten-service; of Worcester porcelain been sold for*. 225 guineas. / Y Vaccination is compulsory in ;!Norway\ and Sweden before a couple can be la-' gaily married. Teach stones sell in California for'3or a ton. They make as good a fuel- 'as coal. i i , ",;. Towards the building of a pariah church at Cricklewood 113,824 farthingß Have been collected. . „ The government of London costs £5 *" ? per man, woman and child in the metr»>'. polis every" year. \, ' , , ' Every war balloon has a parachute 1 at J ' tached, so that the aeronauts may - cend to earth in case of a cpllap'so. Up to the present the State (Government's heroic acquisition of Government' House and grounds has landed them in much the same state of embarrassmehfc as that of Mark TwainVpauper, 'W, became possessed of a million .pound l bank note, says the' "Sydney Telegraph." How to negotiate it ,xs an abm* ing difficulty. The grounds have proved popular enough. Thousands of people have availed themselves of the beautiful water-shed slopes of "Government House grounds, and enjoyed the sea-scapes which they reveal, and havtf i been wondering, no doubt, what is lo be done with the old, historic, noble residence, which sits in silent gloom, fla-S' less and untenanted, in the centre of the* Inner Domain. The Government has at last realised that some show of active policy is called for, and the Cabinet haa now decided to open the portals of tb* ■■■.-> Vice-Regal residence for the inspection of the democracy. Only the ground .floof is to he made available for sight-aeers. ; who will be admitted on Wednepdaya and Saturdays between the, hoiirs-.of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., and then only in limited parties under the direction of.lrjaeb* worthy guides. The ground floor, \i may be mentioned, is heavily furnished, ? am the brie a brae, which the .Governmgnb values so highly, and which might lemnb.,, ■ the covotousness of : light-fingered!-'- #l*; bians, is to-be removed to the upp«r solitudes.- It is officially statedlhat:consideration of a more ; comprehensive scheme for the utilisation of. the builds ings has been indefinitely postponed.. ' "Durine 1912 the Waitcmata Fruit r growers' Co-operative Society imadoan. , experimental shipment of eases. of • apples to South America," stated a clause of a report read by the secretary atra meeting of the society, recently., The ■' .shipment had turned out satisfactory in every way, the report continued; and. had' created a good impression. Thia season space for 4000 cases* tq be shipped \ to-the same cpuntry, had, peon'.scbured, and of this'quantity.iyort. Alb.ert. growera, , had • already cuarahteed\ to"■-supply 1 ojvjr ,>j 2000 cases. ; No difficulty';in;securing 'o* ~.'.: balaPce. wa« ; anticipated,' asVthe ists realised how :importanV'' .it. -i}(tain markets outside .the-.Dominion. . ■ arid not to allow, the export branch' Jof the. industry, to .slip into i the - pf neighbouring colonies. ■" .;"■/,':' . .;>.•<■■ , A prominent lunririary ,'sn Australian, politics, during the course-";of ■ recetit conversation, told a Southland v'NeAvf, reporter, that Australian .visitor*' to' N^w 1 Zealand go.t-'-a' : lot\pf' , fOn"qu pf''of->Hhe\;.pp-min'ion'.s racing legislation, ■•in 4 «o t'&jA'lthe prohibiting of the; ' totalisator dividends was concerned; 'Th» totalisator records,'.... which', we're";bsiijfg beaten at each succeeding • meeting {*!» every part of ' the country. • w<jre Ipropf conclusive that the fabsu.rd; rrefifcriti'tjiMii placed on' the 'newspaper® was, nob tending to reduce the .publics betting'; propensities.' The absurdity v pf;the business was further' emphasised;, by, the fact that, while Dominion - newspWeVs - ■ were prohibited from publishing ,divirWnds.- the ■'•figures''.were ckblfd- to ..Australia, published there, and duly, ; cii:cU-, lated throughout JTew Aus--traliaiv!. papers a week' afterwards. ; v ? ;*;i\;'', : .

500'900 hp.UlJ Rifleman J. Mans«en 31 30 6 67; Rifleman R. McGuir'e W 32 6:66 Rifleman B. Harman 38 as. io ;66; Rifleman W. A. Kenning 30 v30 ! 0 60 Rifleman J. Milroy'.'>■ 34\24 0*58 Rifleman D. Scannell 28 '29\0;-5T Rifleman J. Anstice 36 2a- 0 |ST Rifleman A. Buscli ■ 30 '20 7 '&* Rifleman J. Fisher 61 25 0 ]56 Rifleman W. Mitchener.' 34 22 0 ':££ Rjfleman 0. Curhow 31 20 3,54; Rifleman J. Holland, 30- IS 5 »50President Rl Kenning 29 •: 18 .2:^:49* Rifleman J. Kitching .' ■ 17' 17 :ia:;47? Rifleman L. Norris ■ 28 :,. ; 13"> S,:^; The competition . for Saturday arid" Wednesday next will be for the chain* pionship over ranges - 300 and 900; yard*"."'