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The company’s belt of the Wellington Navals has been won by P.O. Bulford, P.O. Naylor being second in the aggre. gate, and C.P.O. Harris third. The B Class competition has been won by P.O. Ross, and the C Class by Recruit C. James.
The muster.of the different corps of the AVellington Garrison yesterday was below the average recorded on the occasion of the welcome to the Imperial Representative Corps last month. The diminution was yi_a pleasure due to the uncertainty which prevailed as to whether or not the day would he observed as a public half-holiday Another factor militating against the attendance of volunteers was the rooted objection held by the majority to doing police duty. The total of yesterday’s muster was under five hundred.
The Sydney “Evening News” tells of an exceptionally good record in marks, manship. Mr Frank Winser, of the Kn. toomba Civilian Rifle Club, when com. peting for the usual quarterly prizes on the local range this month, put up the remarkable score of 69 out of a possible 70. at 500 and GOO yards. He made the possible at 600 yards, and only missed the bull’s-eye by about an inch at 500 yards.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4291, 26 February 1901, Page 6
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