SHOOTING.
TTMAItU RIFLES.
Twenty-nine members of the Timaru Rifles fired for prizes on Tuesdady evening. The conditions were 10 shots at 700 yards, and as the; weather was very unfavourable the scores were smalL The leading men were:
The highest aggregate scores in this and the previous matchi (10 shots at 600 yds) win trophies presented by Captain McNab and Mr J. Lister; The chief" aggregate were:— ■..•■'
\ 600yds Hdcp Tl. Private Wilkes (10s) ... 40- 3* 43i Q.M;S. Purdom (7s 6d) ... 40 1 41 Coli-Sgt. Higgins (5s) .... ... 38 1£ 39* Lieutenant Martin (2s 6d)l ... 39 0 39 Private E. Murphy ... . ... 35. .3* 534 Private W<ksley „.;......... ... 34 4A -" 38i
600 700 Hd TL Q.M.S. Purdom .. 42 40 5 87 Private A. Baird . .. 43 37 3 83 Lieutenants Holclgate .. .. 42 33 4£i 79* Col.-Sergt. Higgins .. 38 38 3 79 Private E. Murphy ... . .. 37 35 7 79 Private Worsley , .. 36 34 9 79
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12844, 30 November 1905, Page 6
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149SHOOTING. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12844, 30 November 1905, Page 6
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