RIFLE-SHOOTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13730, 22 April 1908, Page 8

RIFLE-SHOOTING.

OHINEMUftI MATCH. j > [Bt TEi.t'cK-vn.—own con.xf.seosm.i9.] Paeboa, Tuesdf. The members of the No. i Ohinemuri fiflw held their first shoeing match on Satudar for a trophy presented by Mrs. Morirtj, The. ranges were 200 yds and. 500 yds. rith sefen shots at each range. Appended ah the highest scores -Private Hubbard, 4' »l 200 yds, 43 at'uQOyds, handicap 4: totalJS; Colour-Sergeant Andrews, 43, 43, Heratch-86; Sergeant. Hubbard. 43, 42, scratch—Bs; Pri vate Lineham, 41, 40. scratch—Bl. ,

THE EMPIRE CUP. [BY TEf.EGAAPH. — I'RKSS ASSOC! Wellington, Tuesdrt, Arrangements for contesting *'<» ,i! " Mail's Empire Ctij, trophy are being j«f« fected. It i< know.i that a number o< taw and district rifle associations in the, Don)'.inn will participate. A suggestion wa* madf.baf the Defence Force Rifle Association »bul<' enter a team, but owing to the ambigui' « the conditions, and the proximity oftlv deciding day, it i- impossible to asceail definitely whether this is practidbl* Colonel Collins has decided to grapple-.'hi the difficulty by selecting the best wr« made by association members who mayfirt with the district, association, or club Un, and forwarding these scores to the Lily Mail executive as a tentative »-.try on btafe of the Defence Riiin Association, the hisest 10 or 12 to be com.ted as the case may bif such team is adjudged Eligible.