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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10427, 27 April 1897, Page 6

A match between teams of 12 men aside chosen by Captain O'Brien and Lieutenant Upscombe from the "A" Battery, was fired *!> S *'" d *y," t *noon. The r » n S*» "ere : 200, 300, and 403 yards, five shots at each ; ihrj positions being standing, kneeling, and prone respectively. The little practice at the standing and kneeling positions told against) good scoring at the two first distances-The aggregate scores were: Captain OBrien's team, 439; Lieutenant Lipeeombe'i, 407; the former winning by 32 points. Gunner James Campbell, who made 24 out of 25 at 400 yards, 59 points, and Quartermaster-Sergeant Keareley, SO, were the highest scorer* for the winning team; and Bombardier Wood, 55, and Corporal Orr and Gunnir Gardner, 52 each, were the principal scorers for the losing j:. . A pleawnt afternoon was spent, and it ii intended to have a eimilar match a fortnight hence. , j ii? 00 now ,, be ' l >« expended on the maia road between Kaikohe and Ohaeawti will make a vast improvement on the former disagreeable «tate of this portion of our thoroughfare. The aide drains are all to be six feet wide, and as the contractors are all comnetent men, we may lotk forward to pod workonwmnletioßv