GISBORNE RIFLES.
Tho following were the results of the Gisborne Rifles class firing on Saturday, the ranges being 300 and 400 yards, ten shots at each being allowed, five sitting or kneeling, and five lying dowii :— 300 yds 400 yds Tl. Private Barker ... 49 43 92 Private Beere ... .:. 44 42 86 Private Busby ... 45 38 83 Sergeant Hay*... ... 37 37 74 Private L. Caton ... 37 30 67 Private Scott ... ... 29 35.. 64 Private Brookev ... 32 27. 59 Private Perston ... 32 . 20 52 Private Skeet ... * ... 36 16 52 Private Wildish ..: 22 25 4? Private Vowles ... 22 18. 40 Private Selves .34 6 40. Private Mclntyre ... 25 4 29 Private Brown ... 13 14 27 Private Walsh ... 11 8 19 A practice match at the 500 yards range was also fired, with the following results : — Capain Beere 31, Corporal McGuffie 28, Private Beere 27, Sergeant Rait 25, Sergeant Briegnan 24, Corporal Higham 20.-Sergeant-Major McNair arrives m Gisborne on - February 2. That night he will- meet the hon-conimissioned officers of the Rifles and Cadets, and on Thursday night lie meets the recruits.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12654, 24 January 1910, Page 2
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GISBORNE RIFLES.
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12654, 24 January 1910, Page 2
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