RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
About -thirty-three members ..of) the Asaociatioi^v ..w^re present iftpjibQ aenlial competition on Tuesaay.^nptjfJtlJitanaing thatjthej .w^her was yefj, nnfaypuraWe^ome feood Scores • were ' ipa#e. r .. j yTpwardsr the close,of the mee.tihk 'someiMp.rfesbwasmani. tm^mmif^i &Sr#\ gumea cup ak^Veeri^-provid^'for <BM)#Moh,fo the highest aggregafce'scdre^Wca Mr A. Laird secured mth the score of 178; * Appended is Ist Match (Rifle), seven shots *at > each range, 200 and 600yd$<8iinch . bullkHßycC: at 200yds,f nxtpp.B]^ t&oushout :--J* Milne, 62, 15t pWe, M ; T. Njiteford, ; \4s. 2 fl d, #1 6s 8d; T. Stewa^,.,^,,^, 13s/ 4d ; ; p«, Hughes,, 47, 4tb, pair- fcar i vers,,. ! gi,T ) en l by.Jjir Shaw A'-wrArmstrdng, 46, 6tl?, jdog.pbotot^ftritifr'lVr Sharß ; B 'Lot^, 46, 1 8th, pair jam jars; given by 1 T. Natsford. ' Range prizes, Milne, 27,'hatr, eifb of JP. Bell; Stewart, 2^,lr|e>jfume) %mn" by; Wakefield and pogpf,' f> .*■ j. • ,» \ I/, '•: "t 4 ? \ < r i iy ' .;• / v 2nd 1 Ma'toh (carbine),. ,eißht inch bulls-eye at 200 jardfl,,any'p6sitibu shots at each s^^B2T%xch6lson, 48,^2nd, £1 6s"Bdj Aitken,47, 3rd, fff^4df^W, Armstrong, 44, 4tfrrlampi^Hr'Kos8 t 44; sth, lamp; T. Kixtsford', 4,V6th' pair vases. ! Range prizesi KiciHdlßdn, 2G, -box toilet poap ; Laird,2 6. 3rd Match (rifle)i 400 and 600 yards; 7 Shots at each range— J. Capstick, 46, Ist prize, £2 ; J. FnraeH, 44> 2nd, £1 6s 8d ; J. R. Sommerville, 43, 3rd, 18s 4d;. W. Armstrong 43/4 th, chest of tea ; T, Nutsford, 43, 5 th, pair, of boots ; G; Cnmmms, 43, 6 th, Whip, jx A O ,'i >; ' 'r f 'A '•■ I- -1 Eange Prizes— Oummins, 27, sacking pig; JPurneil, 22, Jady's fan; j . . , ; - , 4th Match (carbine), 300 and 400 yards ; V Ehqts>at each range;, third clasetargets^ 'A. taird; 47, Ist prize,, £2 ; R. Hughes, 45, 2nd, £1 6s 3d; Nicholson, "4s, 3rd, 13s 4dj Wisdom, 43, 4th, 1 dozen sox ; Chnrton, 42, jpioture ; Faroe)], 42. 6th, pipe, : Bange prizes— Kicholsoq, 27. lamp ; B. Hughes, 23, spittoon.and fire kindler. .. ' r ,The ;fpllowipg are the three highest aggregates :— -A. Laird, 173,- .silver cap and £4 ; W. Armstrong 172.; Nutsford, 173. .
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9415, 9 May 1879, Page 3
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331RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9415, 9 May 1879, Page 3
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