• .■ . . ■ Vital Statistics.— The following ar» the vital statistics for Aahburton for the month of February :— Marriages 7, births 20, deaths. 7. The following are the vital statistics registered in the. Geraldine district for the month ended Feb. 28:— Births 4, marriage 1, death 1. ... ■ Rjflb Shooting.— The following will represent the Canterbury Engineers in their match with the Mounted Rifles on Saturday afternoon : — Lieutenant M'Gee, Sergeant-Ma j or Midgleyv QuartermaaterSeegeaht Beveredge, Hon Surgeon Moorhouse, Sergeants Middjeton' and Fisher* Corporal Peper, iL%nee-Oorporal Watte, ! Sappera. Watson and T. Smith j emergencies—Corporal Bridgman and Sapper Swanston.— The fourth round of matches for the Associated Volunteer Corps' Challenge Trophy will be fired on Saturday, when the following will represent their respective corps :-s-E Battery v. Mounted Rifles: E Battery — Captain Jackson, Ser-geant-Major. Sinclair,. Quartermasters-Ser-geant Dougallj Sergeants Were and HenI wood, Gunnera Batler, Cropp, Lester, I Searle, Menzies and Jewell; Mounted Bifles — Major Slater, Lieutenant Palairet, Sergeant-Major Pavitt, Sergeants Borland and Slater, Farrier-Sergeant King, Troopers Hackebt, Buchanan, M'Garva and Knott ; emergency— Trooper Ridley. City Guards Vi Chri'tohurch Kifles: City Guardß— Major Francis, Captain Massoy, ColourSergeant Steere, Sergeants Lezard and Ashton, Corporal Whitniore,; tance-Cor-poral . Ward,; Privates JoJl, Vivian and Jack; emergencies—Privates Butcher and i Muschamp ; Chrietcliurch Rifles— Captain [ Andrews, Lieutenant Sandford, ColourSergeant Bishop, Sergeant Scott, Corporals Scott and Meddings, Lance-Corporal Brunsden, Privates Bentley, Murphy and Steere 5 emergency— Private Dee. College Kiflep, a bye.— The third competition for the E Battery's champion belt will also take place on Saturday.— At a meeting of the Range Committee held last night it was decided that the matches postponed last Saturday should be fired on Saturday, March 11. It was also decided to close the eeasou on April 8, with a matoh between teams nelected from the oflicers, sergeants, corporals and privates. In the records of Westminster Abbey, one of the first interments of the present century is registered as that of " WilliamDakin, aged five years," believod to havebeen a son of one of the Abbey servants.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4582, 2 March 1893, Page 2
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