HONORARY RESERVE CORPS.
The first competition for the New Zealand Eifle Association'bronze'medal, to be fired for by members of the Honorary Reserve Corps, was completed at the Cashmere range pn Saturday afternoon. The light was jgood, but a strong and tricky south-west wind was blowing, and some of the scores were not by any means first-rate. The foljowing are the best scores: — 200 500 GOO juti. yds. yds. Tl. Corporal Banks 29 26 22 77 Private Allispu 27 27 IS 73 Sergeant Manning 21 22 2:; &} Sergeant Wakelin fired his second competition, having, elected to shoot the two Thursday and Saturday matches in succession, and made 24, 30, 28—82. There are to be four competitions, and the result is to be decided, according to the aggregate of the best three scores of each man. The next competition will take place on Thursday.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6091, 31 January 1898, Page 4
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