The rit shooting competition between two teams of ten men each from No. 1 and No. cos., 8.V.C., came off on Wednesday morning, Under very unfavourable cireumstances us regards the weather: the strong putly wind greatly interfered with the shooting and as " consequence the tiring, which was marked by uncertainty, did not come up to the usual high standard; some of the men of both teams never got on the target fuisly, so that the result can hardly to taken as a criterion of the capabilities of the marksmen of the respective Companies. No. £ Ca. team won the victory by 2 points, they scored 481, against their opponents' 479. The following are the scores of the respective team:
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