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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1628, 13 May 1903, Page 10

The terms and conditions of the prizefiring for cadets have now been drawn up by the organising officer, Major Loveday, and embodied in a- circular issued to the officers commanding corps. The circular says: —“With a view to encouraging the cadets to become good shots, the Government has decided that the target practice for 1903 shall be carried out as laid down. Marksmen s badges will he awarded as follows—yl) To every cadet making over 63 points shall he issued a marksman’s badge in yellow worsted, to be worn on the left wrist; (2) to the cadet making the highest score in the company or detachment a badge in gold embroidery; and (3) to the cadet making the highest score in his education district a silver medal, to he worn on the right breast. It has also been arranged that a challenge shield match for each island shall be fired annually at the local ranges of the several corps at a date to be fixed hereafter, each team to consist of ten. cadets, ranges, position, etc., as laid down in target practice for 1903. The teams making the highest scores shall hold the shield for the North and South Island respectively. The names of the winning team, with the individual Scores, the name of the .corps, the year and the total scores will he engraved on the shields, and each winning team shall hold the shield till the result of the following year’s competitions os decided.” Mr M. St Leon, the oldest circus proprietor in Australia, died very suddenly recently at Oakleigh, "Victoria, where he had been living for some time with a married daughter. The deceased, who was eighty-four years of age, was apparrently in good health, and had just lighted a oirgarette, when he turned round, made an exclamation, and drooped dead*