OUR VOLUNTEERS

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4314, 25 March 1901, Page 5

OUR VOLUNTEERS

WELLINGTON GUARDS,

The "A" and "B” classes of the above company fired the sixth and fiua l comnetilion for the second senes of tropines at Karori range on ffiaid Bhots at 500 and G 0» yard. The weather waefar from the best, there being a strong nortborlywmd blowing. Privates Aamodt, Eaven and Mac askill fired! earlier in the week. more fortunate in regard to the veathei. tri ‘MV' class there was some excitement fin u'ftS d-PCidGu uY llriUß f atGOO yards. , .Holland . being the* scratch man.-bik,ob“nces fancied Wfc as it turbed out VjarK oeat Off as Ids shots show. This is the second tie in “B” class trophies winch has had to be fired off,, the first mstonoo Hem* the occasion- when Sergeant Tinney and ri ivhtf Revell tied, when the former won.

• : ; AGGREGATES. „ "A” Clasp—Private Raven 132. HeratLeslie 463, Private Aamodt 453, Private ?*°g)-Holass— Private .Clark and_ Corporal Holland 276; Sergeant Turney 26-. 3 her. 05543 17. Corporal Bolland, -.02 0l vi-

A movement is on fdotamong‘somcWellingteh Volunteers to obtain leave to attend the Easter encampment to bo held at Helson, l>y-the Nelson and V est Const Battafc dissatisfaction exists among lh«S the garrison in consequence of tins of the Defence Department m exiting from corps £2 IDs , Henrv rifle not accounted for. That aum was the price set upon the arms whA they- were issued, but ; inasmuch as h same rifle can now (it is said) be landed in Wellington at a cost of about £1 m m contended’ by the members of companies that an abatement nf penalty might in y,a made by the department. At PolhiirsGußv on Saturday afternoon ibe marksmen of the Wellington battali to-ed for the three medals presented by the Defence Department. The prizes consist of a gold medal for the best shot in the North Island, and both gold and silver medals for the best shots in the Welling- - Qa district Tlie weather conditions wet-e unfavouruble for shooting a gustv wind raising clouds of dust between th mounds and the targets. The venditions nf +ll pi comuetition! wer© as follow:-—Seven, shots at 300yds. seven at 500yda._ and seven at 700 yds; possible score 120 points- T-,. best score was made bv Private Macaskill (Guards), who put on 96 of the same corps, made 89, k-oloiir =>e geant Roaohe (Post and 88: Private Aamodt (Guards), 88, Private Raven (Guards), *7. - ;

"A” CLASS. .500 600 n. yds. yds. Hdcp. Private Raven ... 46 40 38 0 — rt 86 83 7K Private Aamodt ... 45 u — o — o — Sergeant Leslie Private' Macaskill ... 40 37 85 37 /•* 74 rn” CLASS 53 53 51 38 Ssrgeant Tinriey Private Clark .. ... 27 .... 24 24 26 2,— 3 1 ~ Corporal Holland . Private Keller ■ ;.. 25 ... 16 36 17 0 — r 5 —