SHOOTING COMPETITION.
Port CaALsiEus Navals v. Lyttelton Navals and N Battery. For some time there bss Veen a feeling that far g>e\*cv sympa'hy would txi;t between the j diff -ienl voluatecr corps of the colony if they Ie- uid meet of tenor iv friendly rivalry. Up to \ tbe ptfrsen)- time thi^ has been practically proi hibited by the want of railway pa3."es, but now that that difneu'fcy has bjjn get over we may bore to betr of matches taking placj oa all available occßsion.«. The Port Chalmers Nav.-ils, who .have iv tboir ranks some very good shots, took adv<iiitag^ of a long-»tauding iuvita- ' tion to visib Lytteitou, there to meeo their ; btroiber pott d<-fen<iers on the range. As it was 1 hopel ss for either one of the Lytlelton corp3 to j rceet them with success, a team consisting of live men of the Lytteltoa Navals aud five of tha ' N Batlery .wore ohosen to meet the victors. Even with this combination Ljttelton was not successful, the JN" Battery section being beaten ' by one pilot aud the Naval section by 17 points. Tho match was started at 7 a.m. on New Year's Day, bat as the Lyt'elton range is not a fasfc 6hootiug one only the 300 and 500 yarda could jbe fired. Even with this the teatn did not get j through till midday. The success of the trip was no small way due to the untiring ; energies of Sergeant Suiter, who left no stone unturned to make the trip an enjoyable one. The following are the scores :—: —
Of the 494- marriages in Wellington daring the year jusfc closed. 105 took nlaca ia **»c registrar'? office.
3(10 COO Gunner CUrka 27 21 —51 Pstty-oflijer Montgomery 24 25 49 Chief Fetty-offioer Irvine 21 25 —46 Lieutenant Dodds 25 13 —44 Gunner Montgomery 24 IS —42 Lientenant-commander Waters... 25 15 —40 Petty-officer Crawford 17 22 —39 Gunner Porfceous 17 20 —37 Leading gunner Keenan .".. ... 16 17 —33 Gunner Sinytke 13 16 29 Total 410
UU.UUI.NEU iiYTTJSIiTOI". Petty-officer Sowden (Navals) ... 22 Sergeant Sohollar (N Battery) ... 25 Lrunner Trcleaven (N Battery) ... 19 Corporal WarJle (N Battery) ... 19 Petty-rfficev Jones (Navals) ... 23 BDmbardier S. Agai (N Battery)... 13 jiuEuer Hewstone (Navals) ... 20 I'rumpeter Porteous (Navals) ... 21 Sergeant Suicev(N Batterj') ... 13 Gfuunei- Day (Navals) 24 2(5 — 48 17 — 42 21 - 40 21 - 40 17 — 40 24 — 37 17 — 37 16 — 37 23 — 36 11 — 35 Total
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Otago Witness, Issue 2289, 13 January 1898, Page 12
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401SHOOTING COMPETITION. Otago Witness, Issue 2289, 13 January 1898, Page 12
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