VOLUNTEERS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 35

VOLUNTEERS.

WELLINGTON CITY RIFLES,

The fifth competition for A.andß Class aggregates and class trophies took place at the Polhill Gully range on Saturday. Conditions, 300, 500 and tiOOyds, seven shots at each range. The following are the scores : A Class.

The C Class shots of the Wellington Navals fired on Saturday. There was a very poor muster, only two competitors, Gunners Blancke, 56 point;;, and Pedder, 34 points. Mr A. S. Patorson waited on the City Council last week in reference to an application on behalf of the infantry corps of Wellington, the Guards and Rifles, for permission to camp on Newtown Park from the sth to the 12th of December for drill purposes. He said that there would be about 80 men ; they would have 12 tents ; no guns and no horses; would be on the ground in the early hours of the morning and late in the evening ; and would not do any damage to the Park. Mr Paterson pointed out that they had no facilities for open-air drill in Wellington, and had been singularly unfortunate in the matter of their previous annual camps. Attacking, skirmishing and other movements would be gone through, and the public would be invited to witness the manoeuvres. _ Only the far end of the reserve would _ be utilised. The Council grantod the application. The Wellington Guards held their usual weekly competition for (A, B and C classes) trophies on Saturday ; A and B firing at GOO and 7(%d5 5 Evans Bay, for Mr C. 3>, Mac-

kintosh's and six other prizes, while C class fired at Polhill's Gully range at 200 and 300 yards. Private Hale, in A class, got on the fine score of 81, while in C class, Sergeant Love again came out top. The following are the respective scores made in each class :

300 500 600 yda. yds. yds. Tl. Pt. Turner .. 29 30 29 88 Col.-Sergeant Davis* 2 6 27 33 86 Pt. Marshall* ... .. 2 6 32 28 86 Pt. Guise* .. 2 9 29 27 85 Pt. Hawthorne .. 2 9 25 28 82 Pt. Rowell .. 30 20 2 2 78 Sergt. Jackson .. 2G 20 2 9 75 Pt. Bunckenburg .. 19 31 2 5 75 Corpl. Halpin .. 23 31 20 74 Pt. Elliott .. 22 27 23 72 Pt. B. Halpin ... .. 21 26 22 69 Pt. Harris .. 19 26 mSim 65 Sergt. Madeley .. 27 25 12 64 Pt. Willason ... .. 26 16 17 59 Pt. Luke .. 30 23 0 59 prizes. B . JLA.SS. Pt. Claridge ... 22 0 8 84 Corpl. Rankin* .'.' 19 31 2 9 79 Pt. Watson* ... .. 27 21 2 8 76 Pt. Curry .. 29 25 2 0 74 Pb. Wickens ... .. 22 13 £ 0 65 Pt. Jenkins .. 15 26 9 50 Pt. Madden .. 10 26 6 48 Pt. Faber .. 19 10 15 41 *Amimitiori prizes. Match.—Ro well's, 327 ; Davis' 292 Haipin's, 277 ; Guisa •S 274; Jaekton'd, 2 72. v> V 300 500 yds. yds. Toti! Pt. Woods .. 27 25 '\-> Pt. Jackson* ... 10 27 ■!.'-. Pi,. McGregor* .. 15 23 2S Pt. Powell .. 25 12 37 Pt. Warcup .. 19 15 31 Sergt. Guise ... .. 11 19 30 Pb. Frandi .. 20 S 28 Pt. Haddon ... .. 13 P5 26 Pt. Ferguson ... 6 11 17 Pt. Andrews ... .. 13 ■1 17

A Class. 600 700 yds. yds. Total. Private Hale ... ... 45 36 SI Private A. Ballinger... 42 33 75 Private Leslie ... ... 35 30 65 Private Aamodt ... 37 27 64 Sergeant Lacey ... 33 27 60 Colour-Sergt. biichards 26 31 57 Private Love ... ... 35 22 57 Private Macaskill ... 25 29 54 Private Raven... ... 34 B Class. 19 53 Corporal Homer ... 39 30 09 Private Kitchen ... 30 32 62 Private Edinger ... 24 26 50 Private James ... 20 25 45 Corporal Bould ... 26 C Class. 14 40 200 300 yds. yds. Total. Sergeant Love... ... 23 22 45 Private James... ... 21 14 35 Private Kells ... ... 13 15 28 Private Beales... ... IS 8 26 Private Thompson ... 14 10 24