The Mibholoong Rifles held their Annual Company Prize Meeting on Saturday and Sunday. The meeting was a most successful one, and good shooting was witnessed on each day, not only by the Company's "crack? shots but' also by s number of gtifins. Shooting commenced on Saturday morning when, owing to there was some delay in opening the mooting. In the afternoon the weather was beautifully fine but cloudy wi rather choppy, though not stron; on Sunday threatened rai fered little with shooting, th varied a good deal, but the chat ing wind was slight and at times was scarcely perceptible to other than markemon at the longer ranges All the competitions were keenly con. tested. The Mihholoong Chall Cup was taken part in by Capt Stewart and another old member, Sergt Brand won the cup by one point above Privat Sharples who was one point better than Private Many snather single point ther Iki Christie fourth and Fraser fifth, an cample ip exhibited, At the conclusion of the meeting quite n number of ladies and gentlemen attended to witness the distribution of prizes by Miss Pilcher, sister of the -popnlar Captain of the Mibholoonge. Miss Pilcher having handed the very handsome prises to the success ful mon, and presented the Rig! Half Company Shorrock Cup Compa tion team with sou ire of their victory, Sergt W. Brand on behalf of the Uompany tily thanked Miss Pilcher for going down to the to distribute the prizes. On handing Miss Pilcher 9 bouquet from the Company Sergt Brand asked hor to accept ites m token of the meu's appreciation of her kindly interest, Captain H.W. Pilcher, on behalf of Miss Pilcher, returned ti bouquet, the remarks which manner in which they He assured them icher was no stranger to many although she had only China a fow months, and added that anything she could do for the Mihholoongs in this way would be done with pleasure. While the list of prize-winners was being made out he had observed some Indies on the range, and hoped at the next Rifle to have a Indies' competi Wednesday's parade he was proud of the men turning out; marching home they did mero than three miles in drenching rain, cheerful to the end. Such men were of the right metal. In conclusion Captain Pilcher asked those who had won prizes to assist others who weren't such good marksmen, and added that he hoped to get the class firing concluded by November of this year and not leave it until the training season, Cheers for the ladies, Captain Pilcher, and the other officers, were then given, and with the singing of "For they are jolly good fellows," the 1906 Mesting concluded.
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