RIFLE-SHOOTING
Members of tho Permanent Force .Rifle Club engaged in a Christmas competition on Wednesday afternoon, when there wero thirty-six men firing.' Tho ■natch was fired under service conditions at 200 and oflfl yards. A heavy wind made good shooting a matter of great difficulty, and the principal prizes fell to handicap men, only one from scratch getting into the list. Prizes were donated by the Wellington Woollen Company, the International Clothing Company. the Hat Box. and Messrs O'Brien and H., Ready. Cash prizes were also fired for. The prize-takers were as follows -
Bomb. Bristow 200 yds. 27 500' vd.3. 24 Hp. Tl. 7 — 53 Sap. Williams 21 25 10 — 56 Corp.-Sadl. Taylor ... 21 22 12 — 55 Drivear Loper 22 21 12 — 55 Gun. Breach lev 05 23 6 — 54 Gim. C. T. Gillespie 17 27 10 — 51 Gnu. Stevens 20 91 10 — 54 Sap. Farr ' Sap. Gower ... 14 27 ■13 — 51 28 .25 Gun. Just l| 25 10 — 58 Sap. Fretwell Gun. Douglas 23 17 7 — 52 25 31 5 — 51
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6088, 21 December 1906, Page 8
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172RIFLE-SHOOTING New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6088, 21 December 1906, Page 8
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