SHOOTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1665, 19 January 1895, Page 3

SHOOTING.

+_ TIMARU NAVAL ARTILLERY. The second competition for Mr W. Hall-Jones' aggregate trophy was fired off on Thursday,' the range trophy (Mr A. Budd's) being won by Gunner A. Burford. The conditions were 10 shots at s,osyds,any; position. The highest scorers were :—

AGGREGATES. Below we give the highest aggregates for the two competitions, from which it will be seen that the aggregate trophy was won by P.O. Simpson :—

THE GOVERNMENT PRIZES. Sergeant-Major Jones supplies us with they following particulars of the results of the volley and independent firing by the volunteer companies of South Canterbury for the year 1894. The columns of figures give respectively the number of men eligible to fire, the number firing, average for volley firing, and average for independent firing. Carbines. Timaru Navals ... 69 55 9.24 12.26 C Battery ... ... 42 28 4'oo 638 Waimate ... ... 42*41 16-85 16.04 Ashburton 54 43 10*25 11-81 Timaru 55 42 818 10*58 Temuka 37 21 9-67 902 Geraldine 39 — — — Geraldine did not fire, and Temuka did not fire two-thirds of the total strength. On the results the Government prize money was awarded as follows :—Carbines—Timaru Navals Ist, £8 ; C Battery 2nd, £4 6s sd. Rifles — Waimate Ist, £14; Ashburton 2nd, £8 ; Timaru 3rd, £6 10s Id ; total, £40 16s 6d.

300 500 yds. yds. Tl. P.O. Simpson 32 39 71 Gunner John Hill ... 35 31 66 Gunner North 37 24 65 Gunner Ben Hill ... 32 33 65 Gunner Gibson 34 29 63 I.O.Waugh ... ... 33 28 61 Gunner Sutherland ... 31 30 61 Gunner A. Burford ... 31 39 60 Gunner Stevens ... ... 34 25 60

500 yds. Hep. Tl. Gunner A. Burford ... 39 — 39 P.O.Simpson 33 6 39 Gunner Budd 27 9 36 Gunner Ben Hill ... 27 6 33 Ouiiiier Toneycliffe ... 28 4 33 Gunner Hathaway ... 24 8 32 Gunner Gosney ... ... 30 1 31 Gunner John ' Hill ... 25 6 31 P.O. Toneycliffe 30 — 30 Gunner Sutherland ... 24 6 30