NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11874, 2 March 1907, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

(Per United Press Association 1 .) Trenthani Range, March 1 Tho prize list in the Wellington Match, GOO, and 700 yards,' ten shots, 80 prizes, value £100, is as follows: Lester, Obristehurch .. £5 90 Frank, Nelson.. .. .. £4 90 Handley, Wanganui .. .. £1 88 A Crimp, Dunedin .. .. £3 88 W Ballinger, Petone.. .. £3 88 W Randall, Lin ton .. .. £3 86 Rennie, Ohristchu rch £2, 86; Williams, Timaru, £2, 85; Nat Willoughby, Gladstone, £2, 85; R Gatley, Nelsou, £2, 84 Fifty -five others and fifteen tyros each Won 1 £i. This afternoon the 500 yards range of the Nelson match (500, GOO.. and 700 yards) and the 900 yards of the Canterbury match were taken. The weather was line, but a puffy strong wind veering from 7 degrees left rear, to 7 degrees right rear, upset the shooting, and scoring was nojfc good. The highest scorers at 900 yards weie Catley 23 and McLeod 23. At the 500 yards or the Nelson match the highest scorers were Welch, Opaki ; Domigan, Feilding; Willwood, Hawkes Bay; and King, Opaki, 33 each. Both matches will be resumed tomorrow morning. Mills," Dunedin, 63: McOalley, NS W, 62 ; and Moore Piako, 61 were top scorers at the two ranges of the Canterbury match The Government do not propose to send a team to Bisley this year, but many consider a proposal to send 20 men to Melbourne to meet the team of English marksmen, visiting Australia in October. Williams, Opawa, while cycling from the range to-night, collided with a cart, and broke his arm. lie was sent to Wellington Hospital. The following are the highest aggregates up to the close of to day's shooting: — Cameron, Opaki.. .. 2G9 A Ballinger, Petone .. 264 W Ballinger, Petone .. 264 G Hawthorne, Petone.. 261 Drummond, Dannevirke 261 Frank, Nelson .. ..260 Lester, Chrlstohuroh .. 260 NELSON MEN DOING WELL (Special to the Colonist). Manesen and Frank secured first and second places in the two matches now finished. Frank stands high in the Belt aggregate Milroy, Oh ing and Irvine are following slowly. Troublesome weather at the long ranges is causing big changes each day. In the aggregate the prizewinners are Frank, Manssen, Milroy, Ching, Sim and Irvine. Catley wins first place against all comers at 900 yards. Asber Phillips, a fruiterer at Corso, Manly (Sydney) was fined £5 last week for allowing refuse to remain on his premises in such a manner as to encourage rats. Though the name of Siberia is still popularly accepted as a synonym for all that is Arctic and sterile, it is becoming clearer eveiy year that few regions of the earth are more capable of producing immense stores of human food. Two great liners have left New York for a Mediterranean cruise with fifty millionaires on board. The recent visit of the King and Queen to Newcastle-on-Tyne involved tho town council in an outlay of £7752 13s 2d. Seme symptoms Tot acute rheumatism are a feeling of coldness, want of appetite thirst, and sharp paijs in the joints Bhecmo removes the cause of the trouble espess uric acid in the blood. 3/6 * 4/6,