OUR VOLUNTEERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12582, 1 October 1908, Page 2

OUR VOLUNTEERS.

HIGHLAND RIFLES.

On Monday evening some 23 ex-members of the above corps attended at the Drill Hall to participate in a friendly Morristiibc rifle match and euchre tonri)ame)]t. The ex-members shot very well, but were beaten by 36 points. At the conclusion both teams adjourned to the Company's orderly room, where an enjoyable a^d in tere3ting two hours was spent over a game of euchre, music, song and recitations, and light refreshments. The card game ended in a. decisive win for the ex-membere, who scored eighteen wins to the nresent members' nine. Subjoined nre the scorns in connection with the ritle match: —

Ex-members. — Pvt. A, DrunimnnJ 24, Sergt. E. Gordon 21, Sergt. Gibbons 20, Pvt. G. Thompson and Corpl. Kay 19, Pvts. Lambert, Gregory, and H. B 11 18, Col .-Sergt. 11.I 1 . Bell, Pvts. Souter, Moore, and Bowern 17, Lieut. Armstrong, Sergt. Cunningham and Pvt. Corby 16, Cowl, Laugdon 15, Pvt. McGregor 12, Corpl. W. Gordon 11, Pvt. Smith 10, Pvt. Banks 9, Corpl. T. Thompson 8, Pvt. Bowler 6, Pvt. Dunkley 3. Total, 347.

— Scrgt. Moore 23, Corpl. Arm- . frong 21, Col.-Sergt. Ross, Lieut. Watson, and Pvt. Hounsell 20, Pvt. Gunn and Lieut. Craig 19, Lance-Corpl. Armstrong Pvte. Tyler and Margetts 18, Capt. Mcnaught and Sergt. Andrew 17, Sergt. Chisholm 16, Sergt. Foster 14, Pvt. P. Thompson, Pvt. Devonport, and Pvt. Cox 13, Pvts. E. Moore and Hart 12, Pvt. Wilson 11; average three men 49. Total, 383.