VOLUNTEERING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12066, 9 September 1902, Page 3

VOLUNTEERING NEWS.

«■ VICTORIA RIFLES' .SHOOTING COMPETITION'. Tar: Victoria Rifles fired their seeond com*petition for Lieutenant Cox's and Mrs. Marriott's trophies in A and J» clas3ea respectively on Saturday afternoon. Volunteer McCarthy, who topped ;h..> A flat* competition, m.vie the poseiibla 50 at sGQyd=. A former member of the Eden Cadet*, in Volunteer Monk, and quit* n young shot, was top scorer in the iJ c!a*«The conditions were 10 shots at. 500 yds and seven shots at, oOCyiU. The following «*» tho scores : —

COMPETITION AT WAIKINa [BY TBI i'IJHAI'U.- -OWN conn.Ksroj.nßNT.' Paeroa, MondayAn interesting shooting competition I>'twtvMi the Waikino Riflo C.uh aud the shots of the OltinemuH Rifle?, Xd. 1. look place at Waikitio on Saturday :*fternix>ti. and resulted in a win for th* former by 50 point?. The ranges were SOOydn and sMyds>. .10 shut* and two optional sighter*! at eai'li ra»s''. Tlio following were thewoi'ps: —

AKARANA RIFLE CLUB. • The annual meeting of (ho Akarana Rifle) CI ib was held last night in Mr. W. Thome's j ofii< i'. Wyndham-street. Mr. W. Thome,,* president of the club, presided, and there vi*i ; a largo attendance of members. file annua] report referred to die introduce ti.vn of the Lee-Enfield rifle during tin; sea-» son, and staled that the shooting had been!, of a high standard; four records had been,' established by members, and on tiro occasions the " century" out. of a, possible 105 at; the 200, 500. and 600 yards ranges wa.t com-' 7;iJed. one-" by Mr. E. Buchanan and once by Mr. R. G. Cox. The tatter's performance, boina slightly the baiter at the finish, constituted! otic of the records, the other three being Ma*. E. Buchanan's 95 out of 105 at 300, 600, and! 700 yank, and 97 out of 105 at 500. 600, and 700 yards, and Mr. J. D. Webster's possible of 50 in a ten-shot match at 600 yds. Th« report proceeded to give details of live various competitions in whirl' members of theclub took part, and tendered the thanks of-, the club to various gentlemen I'm trophies presented during the year. The total' strength ot the club was now 55, as against; 59 in the previous year. Early in the season.) the Government purchased the major portion of the range for a site for workmen's hamlet?. Up to the present nothing had: been charged or paid in the way of rent for this portion, but the club's tenure of it was. very precarious, as at any moment they ' • might l>e called upon to give up the use of ! the property. The committee had paid at-: tention to the matter of Defence Clubs: I formed and accepted by the Government, and.! preliminary steps had been taken to enrol'; such members under tlio (Joverninent schema) as were willing to join, and a requisition for-: acceptance had been forwarded to the De- j partment. The club's finances were sound.; and at no previous period' in the club's history?/ had the prospects at the reopening of a sea-; son appeared so favourable. The balance-* sheet showed that the year started with a credit balance of 6s 4d, and closed with a' credit balance of £3 Is sd. The report and balance-sheet were con-, sidered highly satisfactory, and were adopted.; Officers were elected as follows:—Patron,j His Excellency the Governor; vice-patron, Right Hon. R. J. Seddon; president, Mr.; \V. Thorne: vice-presidents, Sir John Logan Campbell, Messrs. G. Fowlds. J. H. Withe-' ford, Jno. Bollard, M. M. McCailum, J. ,T. Craig, A. C. Whitney, Wesley Spragg, A.i Myers, A. Kidd, F. E. Baume, G. Reid, Jas. Kirker, Kelly, J. R. Reed, A. C. Caughev„j Capt. Grant, R. H. Abbott, G. W. S. Patterson J Jno. McLeod, David Craft, Capt. Walker,! Lieut-Col. Davies, P. Bodle, H. T. Gorrie,,' . J. Endean, J. J. Holland, W. J. Napier, i , Captain Skinner, Alex. Aitken, Capt. Gou-J din, and J. Adams. Committee, Messrs.' Kearslcy (captain), A. G. Maugbaa (secretary), J. G. Buchanan (treasurer). E. Bucha-i nan, R. G. Cox, H. Doughty (vice-captain), , A. G. Cooke, and J. B. Berry (assistant secre-, , tary); auditor. Mr. M. M. McCallum. ; The following prizes won during the sea-, ' son were presented by the president to ihm winners:—Mr. Kearsloy's championship! shield and medal, won by Mr. W. Cox; Mr.' '. J. G. Buchanan's B class aggregate medal,, , won by Mr. E. Buchanan, jun.; Mr. Mail-! ghan's cup, won by Mr. W. Cox: Mr. S. Kohn's rapiditv medal, won by Mr. J. D. , Webster.

A Claw. SUOyck. 600yd«. Tl. Volunteer McCarthy ... 50 27 ft Volunteer W. Cox ... 47 29 7<j>' Volunteer J. Carlson ... 46 29 75 Volunteer T. Kerr ... 44 29 73, Coi.-Sergt. Ay'ct;. ... 4 ; X.3 7£ Volunteer Buchanan ... *'' 2.5 b? Volunteer Tobiii ... .37 29 <*' Volunteer ... U -4 hi' li CfcASS. 500yik 600yds. Han. Tf. V-lunteer Monk ... 40 24 6 70 Volunteer St ace v ... oo '<•■' 2 61 Volunteer Holdsworth hi .17 8 62 Volunteer Goldstony ... 35 «3 4 60 Vol. T. Buckley ... ! ( 24 5 to Volunteer Lyons ... ?.i 1%4 4 jS Sergeant Jackson ... 31 21 ,'. "* Volunteer X«:nt ... 27 18 o 5L" Volunteer Ford ... '■'■) 19 10 *9 Volunteer Kellv ... 2a 35 b 4^» Volunteer Phillip* ... 22 I 10 34-

WAiKlXO. ' 500yds. 500yds. Tl.i .Tonkin-. 44. *7 »4 Armstrong 39 30 7Sjj Warm* 33 44 77( Owen 36 "0 • 76'i Davie* ... ••• ... 39 45 6*1 Sutton 39 49 S3? McKeuua 33 '•* 83 Asquitli 39 43 87-1 Pawelka 33 41 74JJnrlow 36 45 81.) Totals 3/6 4*0 81fr( UlilNKMCIlf, N". 1. . Lltd.'johti 30 37 76 \ Andrews 45 46 J)!.';. Nathan 44 34 'f^ W. Moore ... 38 43 »1\ Haniia 33 16 4-9$ P. Moore 4,', 43 '<&> Penl: 31 40 71H Wilson 35 33 684 Oi?ifcn 40 4!. 8H HublKiicl 4!) 4b 86* Totals 337 579 766r|