New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting.
(By this Day's Wires.)
NELSON.
The Camp, March 5. Firing this morning commenced at seven o'clock. Weather is splendid. The following are the prize men m the Second Match. Prize. 1. Reid (Thames) 37 2. Burns (Nelson) 36 3. Fenton (Thames) ... 36 4. Sharland (Nelson) ... 35 5. Kitchen (Nelson) ... 35 6. M'Leod (Thames) ... 35 7. Christie (Taieri) 35 8. Skinnei (Auckland) ... 35 9. W.BaUinger(Wellingtn) 35 Third Match. 1. Thomas (Thames) ... 37 2. Burr (Napier) 37 3. Somerville (Wanganui) 34 4. Coleman (Waikato) ... 34 5. Ho wse (Wanganui) ... 33 6. Gordon (Thames) ... 33 7. Bannister (Wellington) 33 8. Jack (Dunedin) 33 Fifth Match (Rifle) 400, 500, and 600 Yabds. The following are the top scores : — 1. Marshall (Christchurch) 72 2. Coventry (Dunedin) ... 71 3. Poynter (Stoke) ... ... 71 4. Parnell (Wanganui) ... 70 5. W.Ballinger(Wellingtn) 70 6. Judge (Christchurch)... 70 7. Kelly (Thames) 69 8. Hutchinson (Otago) ... 69 9. South (Dunedin) 68 10. Coleman ... 68 11. Buckley (Christchurch) 67 12. Kennedy (Nelson) ... 67 13. A. Ballinger 67 14. Harding (Otago) 67 15. Philpot 67 16. Crossman (Nelson) ... 67 Sixth Match (Carbines), 300 400, and 500 Yards. 1. Mapp (Christchurch) ... 63 2. Judge (Christchurch)... 70 3. Coleman (Waikato) ... 68 4. Armstrong 68 5. Laird 67 6. Bowden 67 7. M'lntosh (Napier) ... 65 8. Gordon... ... 65 9. Cropp (Napier) 65 10. Houston ... 64 11. Ross (Napier) 64 [We have received a long telegram of the remaining scores at the New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting, which unavoidably stands over for want of space.]
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue VI, 7 March 1879, Page 2
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