Our Volunteers.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5553, 26 February 1886, Page 3

Our Volunteers.

The competition for the City Guards Challenge Belt was won this week by Corporal Lavery, with a score of 87 points. RIFLE MATCH. A match was fired off yesterday morning at the Hillsborough range, between the Scottish Rifles and the Woolston Rifles, and resulted in a victory for the Scottish by 61 points. The morjijiig was perfect for shooting. The conditions of the inatoh. were five shots each at 200, 400, and 600 yards, any position, regulation targets and scoring. The following are the scores :— PCOTTIBH BIFLEB. ™ £? £g yds. ydfl. ydß. TJ r Sei-gcant Grey r .;, „, 16 12 15 42 Colour-Sergeant b'icfotf ... 16 14 13 43 Serguant Pra6ur 10 14 11 41 Lieutenant Anderson ... J7 12 10 39 Private M'Kinley 14 18 11 38 Corporal Duncan 14 Iff 8 35 Private Shirk w 10 14 6 35 Private Craig 11 11 la a& Private Cold well 13 10 10 *{ Private M'Douald b" 4 4 14 Total 354 WOOLSTON EIPLKB. Lieutenant Bound IS 18 7 40 Captain A yore 14 12 10 36 Captain Johnson 11 7 14 92 Sergeant Dixon 14 9 8 81 Private Berry 12 19 8 3d Private Steer 16 11 3 H» Private Day 6 12 10 38 Private Wiggins 18 18 8 27 Corporal Smith 13 8 2 SB Sergeant Gray 9 2 «J 17 k Total DBS A large number of volunteers went north, to Wanganui yesterday in the Wairarapa. to take part in the Rifle Association's meeting.