TRENTHAM, 1910.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 9

TRENTHAM, 1910.

MEETING;: ' ■ 'vr;;'v:A-^^--t.-' : '■■s T^-'^SO(JSAMMII. ; '-l'.■■:■':"..'.', :X. ,;•'. : /; I. Threi ;jnonths "ahead Z ■';of:> the; usual' time, ;j-/.Colonel yB;;;J;.-- Collins, Y.D.;/ Chief Executive ■:■:.{) iOfflcopiof :tto Dominion: Riflo Association, has' ■:.:';j.issiiedtthe official..programme ; for tho ■ ninth NexSZoßlohd>Uiflo > vMeeting,;;whica is to be. v> .! : ; i6ldj;at.;Xrenth'ani -'next autiinitl— ifarolv'i3-li. ;v;;vN^aJM-are:.being' / insur»;that the r :^;; .atUndanco of•competitorsiatithe.big rifle shoots ;." iing;«irnival.6hall;eclipse v aUdevious records, ! ; and we. .early::issue of- the official'programme .'■'■;;nas,boen.arranged:for- / iii order that-copies'may -■«Rp v: fent_over,for-circtilatioir:a( the Common-■•■-:*iialtb..Rifle Meeting. at Rahdwickßifle Hange, ■^ , ■■:;,• V&i :oe .'largely represented.' ;-•■ If.,suitablo ar- ; .can:be'mado;with,the Defence 'and x.■;;: Education;,authqrities-a • "Boys'' Bisloy"• will' ;: ;•■■„,}»: .held'•'on-.Saturdayi '.March: 12. Particulars ' V; JT'tn , regard: ;to ■ that will;;however, bo 'pub- , (■';,,;;> : ;.f-:;.c.x ;;■'.. ;;';-:■: ■.;;■ .- -:;

i«;:!.T^v i ?.iv ,^; Features^:>'v V/ ,-,' - :• ,?■-'' Discussing vthe ; ; various points: of :-'tha" : '.'pro"' ■: : vgianime'.withVa;representative 'of Taß JDoiuk- :;;•', Ion: % Colonel >Cbllifis "• referred, ■ to- 'certain, new .thplmost impprtant of which, were tho' .-:•; "(plusibn-.-in •; the.-:, programme of ■"'■ an' Empire i ;.,v:.'match;i and-the''service.match-for the'-f ambus f'; «or(lon.V.: Highlanders' ..Trophy,' presehUd by ■ft- the,regiment fpj■ : ahnual"copVpetition by, teams i';.- , .; bt;'eignt'.representatives .of MtZx' State of the : ;;■ Cemmonwealth-and ■ New; Zealand,: and 'to bo" ;;.:i;'.,firpd : f6r,:'ih -each.:' State in "its turn. •:. At least w> 1 on«e;;ih'every.:slx!year,s,':tho match 'should be- ;."-: fired find'as---tho f resultv:ofi^sreceht^negotiatiofls:)with -;the; Commonwealth i ;:/,Counoil,': , ; , tne-; ; wihners 'oh the 'trophy in '-the i : v'':l9o9':competitio» : .ht;;ltf.ndwiek' i Kahge, i Sydney;; '/.', , V.next;inbhthi..>will:-beVcaUe'd'-.upbji';,to defend it :.f:.;?at;.the;Trentham.meeting,of : 1910.' The Empire :'. >.?;H&tch'.is'.a , ten-shot bull's^ye-contest..at- 200 i ;;:; attd:6Qo -ytu'ds.oii.'pne.day,-arid'.Boo,l-SOO, 1 ; :V;:^ir:be^ppen::to ; :t'eams':'pf .eight men selected; j" ifroDti'fther'naval .military ;'forces of vthe :;: ;Kingdpmi;Canada,-. South Africa,-India,, ■-■';■:: New,Zealahd/ : .Anstralia,'and other.units dt'jtha : :,; -.'British~Erapire,';and accredited 'by the .Council 1 ::--' 1 0f,,-theEifle Association; or associations of such': ■,yj , .^iijSiU'.Te>pecttveljr."?. , !At^'least^two , ':teams-:mnet'' ■:\yi&it.--!f-t .'.'v■?:■■;?v : !^-:-'.,:-:; . ; 'j : - : !^".■:.■■: ;•;: "-ißervicea.: , matches." bulk' large *': m: '■the .-'.'. pip -, -.':ii gramme,".:there ..being- no I fewer' than/15 \'.-6t ;',v, ; thesa-(inoluding .thoGordoh'Highlajide'f'trp'phy ;.',.. these,-Colonel Col-■V:;.liii;;hientioned;'m:the,-!lopphble; cover \mat6h,i .-., required '.to ■*-V:Opn4trii'ot.-Xtlieir-.xi.wn",'cover, '.from ■isandbaffs'ito v; V,be'i supplied;;,Matches >V> •'and' ; 2O.,:(vblunteers si/* aid f'rine^cltityj);>fformerly ■■:-, J';E will -how: , 'be...blasted"ivjith'/.the Service matches.: ;;targetvWi'il .be. of thoVsaine dimehsions as :;i;.J:his.:(irdinary- second-class target!^lind-.will be; ;in; the iupper. , half^brown' : and'in , .' the :/.;,., lower;: half/green;.:. with' • a"", .:>:;■ ders':,'khaki-coloured'-figure;:in>the centre.- .-'I ;'■'..hive'also'arranged ;:a' special '.match—No.'. 16— ■ .^•'•"■V■lo^|^'M^a , p'si.blβ•. ; col-' lapse;. : oa : being"; hit," •■said '• ColonisI; ■■ .';.■,;^eamsjvwill'6h6ot-'.in.:pair3, ;and on- a' target'. .-;,:".cplla'psihg.:on.a:\hit/from: a ■ member: : of ; -'.one; • the;correspond.Vi ing'position in,:the''othercteam of' the "pair ■ .Should ;all f :::;vtfle.'team be.plfteed;hor>s'de.c6mbat,'that:t«am ; ;«*:'• will rdrop/out' of -.the The "sur-. ! ;; ! iprise(;i- target3"-:.servicp l : .will, be;' mado'.] : 'mpre, i "surprising , .'v',than .Tost? year.-. Instead' of-! -;.;-,-doubling -the' element '.of. snrprise. ."'-With-only '.t'v^.thrie'i targets," said.the:Cplohe),:"tho niep;got v ;•:-,;/toknot* -pretty .jr.ellv'about-.where.'th?;ithird ..;:;;;target;.might;.bo'.espected tp-pop'.up.'Viln-the' 'f, :;. r advanpe'. ; :in7afcta"ck.;niatches',''/fdoubrihg J '-. i will(i•:Tho•icompetitp^s: must .ad- , >-:. / 5 ; or-'- •;';, diriary/merohing' pe<jei'-> Kading: will ;disailalify.' ■i; i J :"The'Bißlcy.ire"gulatio'ne':regardihg' ; 6iehts;{or ;;',/sefvjce.sjifles -.havei-'been'.'iidoptedi-: Eb'Hnttt , the 'ii-y-ifit Wre .sight' -\yhioli' ; ■•■■? ■■: ; I ley I ::this;--j i earjma.y' beXused/f; continued. Colonel' ■-■:.s''.CtoUiiiiUv''lt-'.an^ris"-all.-rtiKtaW;,pnrw>se%' , '-is' : :C; fUW;:o ! ti,the;;baokvof:the rifle bdlli attion.'; r-lJb "-■■;j-^ernlpri'svetometer,--or. \ orthoptics ; ; are, needed : ;:;-,witn;;this.;sighl;>.; : Another iimporlah.t,alt*ration : j i.'in "thefconditionsdsfithat.^rcompetitp'ri-may'. •''-: how. C convert ; his -sighting shotsVinto .-::-ph p PtS'sKould , "He':desire.'.tp , dp;:so,',thes ! 6W :■'„■■ time'and"ammunitionV;:vv;;":. : / :<•.■-■;;:-■■■.:..-.'..■!■ v-,:-/-. . : v;'S"Tli^riißVmbney;!is-lMreaMa^to^l«o; s U ;,-;•:: Et&HeS. aWfecfißSi tt&n ' srfmost. ; i»>liberol -;i»iinnpr,- J ;',w,hilsf ■:(SffHVnjby ■ ;f<feVH&te' : ; ' : .-b>ieii< .kept r down : to' the '.• lowest ■■•possible -point. :■:;.■•; ,Tup.total po\t "of 'ontries' for individual-matches' i: : shPtsteingi ;•;::■ freeiXifhe' champibnettij) 1 seriis cpneiste- ,; ; -; mfttijhes,.-of"JlS'oprizes: , in ; ,e6'ch'::m"atch;':valne ■.^^®r;and;;a:'matc^for:th^.nnal'fifty ; of -fifty -;;:;,priies, ; of,-{ir;valueVof''^223//together' with the b'alt^,;gpH : i . tw . e n t .the',total ■ cash ;v^;pn-iee'in-.thftseHea-beirig. and'theriumber- "-■ '-, ( » t> m? e ?,62s,»'v»h;ighest;aKi?regate scorer in; ,:, :■. matches, 1, ? : to r . 5: mll» receive '■ a-new'-'rifle, l 'vln , matflh 'series; thorß:'ar.a'six.;matones- : ,',-.;■ ql><£4s to,-,£ss.;pnzea-in.'casa/and.lft'ieervice .'- ■"■■■■'* a ,n , P l . (l . l »Wp: , of-^2a, , thenptal?value' , -of'' , :the , ■::v: 2^,P? s )^Pn2es^e ! ng'43Bo.VThe.teamßniaiiches l ,:;\. wnlon; are.ppen.-to--.teams:of ; sis men'fjoni; any' ~ ,',,onit;'in'the «imjpiise.-sij raatches',and'ian'' : ■vV i -^^#W t wtk;'*itotel:caße- l .pfUeTlißtiflf'^(M,.. : ; ;; iuclnding.-Uhe ;:champion -ehiqld,;-Gelonial'Vim-" other,, ~.; trpph i ies,-|-<pf-,e!ttra,and epeoial:matplua there' ;.;;,ate,six,.:and;in l addition--to the , several trophies :,v: ; there;:ie i ;: ; : \be_ giyenHo; thedighostscbrep.ih' the: ,;:;::.umted i ; service ;matbhV:and,the. volunteer rand,

- -$M ;^ r i^S ' f m]ffa®?tis concerned.*' •, stated;CpWnel::C6lhne,;"opponents .of;the' oid ;,,eystem;,oannot complnin,;Bj therb-;are,no v fewer L : M? e'gM' mateh« undfe serrice eonditiona for V-. ?Rf":^ ual sown' uhdcMlike .-...matcnw in..ithe. ohamp,iQn.3hip■'eeriea: , -and two Sot 1 -;,considMed dearablo-br/the connoil'to mnkeMoo' -"■ PW-l'S i U ch °.' 1 ?e : until 'the.:question 61 defence .-:F»ssqciahon : meeting S ;may. : .be'conduchd 'undw ~ '.yotnet;: conditions (and '■ i - !:: ) : ;'° ; ' being made"by v the : «ect ■r:::Coa^..i\'Eailway,passes.;are provided/free and:^W^n^ e li m t "&* ,;<;,tn6 pamp;iat;a,; ; reasonable.-jcharge.,'',;.:;:"*•> :