NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3268, 18 March 1885, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING.

(By Telegraph.) Wellington, March 17. The weather to-day was very boisterons and heavy rain set m. The Carbine and Rifle team matches -wore commenced. The latter had completed two ranges out of the three, and the Rifles one out of three when an adjournment was made for lunch. After lunch the weather was bo bad that it was impossible to coDtinue tho shooting, and a postponement was made until to-morrow morning. During the afternoon the staff considered i protest lodged by Gunner Poralow, of tho Auckland carbine team, against the Napier iarbine team, on the grounds that two of the atter fired out of one carbine. After eonlideration, the protest was sustained, and ;he Napier team are therefore disqualified. Che staff also gave their decision m the pro:«sts lodged against Lieut. Furnell, of Wanganui. The charges of his having changed lis order of firing were dismissed, jut the protest against his having used two rifles m the third match, which counted for ihe Rifle Belt, was sustained. His score of 73 m this match has, therefore, been disillowed, and this throws him out of the twenty highest to fire the final stage for the championship. Furnell intends to contest ;he decision of the staff, and has applied to )e supplied with a full copy of the minutes >f the proceedings on which his score has icen disallowed. He asserts that when he lsed two rifles it was m the Wanganui natch, which did not count for the Belt. The matter will probably be brought before the Committee again to-morrow. At the adjournment for lunch the Carbines bad finished at two out of the three ranges, with the following result : — CARBINE TEA!! CHALLBNQB MATCH, 200, 300 and SCO yards ; 7 Bhots at each ; five men m each team. Port Chalmers Artillery ...277 Auckland Artillery 272 Wellington Navals, No. 1 269 Wellington Artillery, No. 1 266 Oamaru Artillery 263 Alexandra Cavalry 261 Ohristchurch Artillery ... 26L Napier Artillery 257. Wellington Nnvals, No. 2 249 Thu 500 yards range will be fired to-mor-row. In the Rifle Company's Challenge Match only one range is yet completed. The following are the highest scores : — Rifle Company's CHAmwaß Match, 200 300 and 600 yards ; seven shots, five men m each team. Victoria Rifles, Auckland 154 Thames Rangers ... ... 145 Wanganui Rifles ... 143 Wanganui City Eifles ... 141 Masterton Rifles 140 Blenheim Rifles 136 The 300 and 600 yards ranges have yet to be fired. Now that Furnell has been knocked out of ihe aggregate, the'following is a correct list of ihe 20 to fire for the Champion Riflo Belt : — Lucas, Thames 446 Elyger, Wanganui 446 Summer, Masterton 435 Downie, Thames 428 Taylor, Auckland 424 Churton, Wanganui , 419 Wratt, Waimea 416 Hutcheson, Dunedin 415 Jonson, Wanganui ... ... ... 415 Maddock, Blenheim 414 Foster, Wellington 412 Inglis, Thames ... 412 Brooks, Dunedin 406 Hawke, Thames 406 Griffiths, Blenheim 406 Howell, Taranaki — 404 Okey, Taranaki 404 A. Ballinger, Wellington 403 The correct list of the carbine aggregates is as follows : — Farslow, Auckland 453 Ferry, Alexandra 444 Ross, Napier ... ... ... ... 444 Woolley, Auckland 442 Harris, Wellington 439 Watson, Port Chalmers 438 Davy, Wellington 435 Weir, Thames 432 Patterson. Dunedin 427 Jack, Dunedin 426 Webb, Wellington 425 Babe, Wellington 425 Corpl. McKenzie ; Wellington 425 W. Sinclair, Christchurch ... ... 423 Watson, Fort Chalmers 423 Corpl. Sinclair, Oamaru ... 423 Rule, Oamaru ... ... 421 Pirani, Napier 418 Hunter, North Dunedin 418 Payne, of Auckland, and Sergeant Barribal, of Waiuku Cavalry, having tied, fire off foi the last place. Should the weather be fine to-morrow th« shooting will be pushed on, and it is hoped lc finish by noon, so as to allow the Southern competitors to leave by to-morrow's steamer. Up to to-day the following are prize winners of £5 and upwards .— Purnell Wanganui, £27 ; Lucas, Thames, £25 Howe, Wellington, £13 ; Okey, Taranaki £11 ; Davy, Wellington, £11 ; W. Woolley Auckland, £11 and trophy ; Inglis, Thames £11 and trophy ; Kummer, Masterton £11 and trophy ; Churton, Wanganui, £11 Sang3ter, Otago, £10: Boss, Napier, £10 Flyger, Wanganui, £10 and City Councillors prize j Bower, Timaru, £10 ; C. France Wellington, £9 and trophy ; Perry, Wanga nui, £8 ; Cato, Napier, £8 ; Harding Blenheim, £7 10s ; Soper, Blenheim, £7 Jack, Dunedin, £7 and trophy; Jenson Wanganui, £7 ; Parslow, Auckland, £7 am ladies' prize j W. Harris, Wellington, £7 Stitt, Wanganui, £6; Giblin, Nelson, £6 Paynter, Nelson, £6 ; Donald, Masterton £6 10s; Ballinger, Wellington, £6 am trophy; McCarthy, Dunedin, £5; Me Kenzie, Wellington, £5; Jeffreys, Christ church, £5 ; Sinclair, Christchurch, £5 Weir, Thames, £5 -, Maddock, Blenheim, £l and trophy ; Bentley, Masterton, £5. The various representatives of the Nei Zealand Regiment, of Artillery who have beei present at the meeting were entertained at dinner to-night by the local battery.