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NELSON PRIZE FIRING.

,',,., ".' „f ,--■!'. NBLSON,-MOTCh ißt, "< l It ..was I raining agaih' (f th'iß' m'6mingj )! bufc cleared up'to tHe ; afternooii, ;The mpniiiig was occupied in. filing' the Wellington match ■> and the first ranges pf the Marlborough and Unionmatches, ,ln ,the ( -,afternqpfli the, last rangd for the 'Maflborough .match,- which; completed the scores 'for the 'rifle championship, was firedr ,A\ large number of r spectators .and son\e lit^e excitement, '.was occasioned;. when Hutchinson'and Copper, whp w§re ties jup to the, last .range,- fired, pboper^fell jofiji but' Hutch'ihsoh' nre,d> sjbeadily. and 7 withi his Jast; sho^requiredja tul^eyeV'wmph'he was weeess;, ful in^making^^'TK^madeJiim a tie, w&h :Puif T < neliybut'Hut'chinson;ha.ying/ffade;.the/largesjb; scorein'tlwlast indtbh, tajfes thqjbelt.^Payn; 1 ter, %h 6i ieKaw&y, yestMay,, .impr.qveA^this: afternoon, and,, secured? iqurth 5 prize. i.On^theresult'o'fiVthe'ph'ampipnshipbeingijmade^kQowni Hutchinsdn "*was^ hoisted shoulder-highcgand carried off the field. The^last range of the carbine match will b,e (> cqmmßpced at 8 tomorrow morning, and 'will finish about 10.30. . The four highest aggregates for the^Ohampleii Belt are :— .t'J'3< •-.< ■■ •-' .•.■■•'•] •"'"" '*-; «Hufchinsonj(Otagof(2lo) ...-- ( '< •'■ :\' ] I'' 1111 11' 1 " v Purnell, Wanganui(2l9) .. .■' ;i»f2'i' "l •• „ Kennmgton,,-Wanganuji ,- .. .- a ... .„- 3v - U.I FaynSer, NeWon .. ,-••;! .4. 4 '.' The winner takes the belt, tho Association's gold star, and £15 ; the second, a silver star and £7 10s ; third, a silver star and £5 ; and fourth, £2 105., M J/. '■ : i\ > » . ' -i « "' .' ' - The .highest aggregates for: the Carbine sofar' ( 'ar'e:^- ' ,'j" /^^ \ '""" ">■ '"-'f- ■ Vbordon, Than^es,,, ' ' t i. , -..,174, ''Fr'ancfe," Wellington' ' ' .'. .. .. „.-jl72f 1 HowleV'WaVe'rley ','-./ iU .. u l70 l , In'the:;Ma'rlb^pu'ghmatch f PuVneU/pf >: Wanganui,'; wa's'firstj' with '85'; .Hoskings, „Taranaki^ I ' second, 84 j Rennington,',Wangahui, 83; Paynter, £t Nelson, "81 ; Hutchinsdn/Olago, scored 79. ' It is expected that the meeting will be closed on Friday evening, i .■, - - - : ■

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Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 15

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NELSON PRIZE FIRING. Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 15

NELSON PRIZE FIRING. Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 15

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