RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 9

RIFLE SHOOTING.

'}:.'•■' 'GARRISON ■ RIFLE-ASSOCIATION.; ' '- ■' '.At a-meeting of the Executive.Committee oj the Wellington Garrison Hiflc Association, held at the GarTson-niall on Thursday evening,Ma-' jor CD. .Mackintosh ■m 'the' chair), a sub-Com-mittee, : consisting of Captain-s Humo, and Mathe-. sou,, and Lieutenants Uiubs/iTandoii, aud daw.. thorn, was' appointed to;control;the uiimaturo rango at the. Drill Hall. ' > ■ :;.v '.',:■ ■ Tnb Finance Committee was .constituted as follows--Captains; Davis;. Cdrrigan, Hume, and Lieutenant, llawthorn'. ■■'■.';' ;<"•;,.'•■ ~ ;■', Captains" Mathesou -, and MacDiarmid, and; Lieutenants. .Skclley,.Hutcheu, n and -Ko.berta Were appointed. to • act as the-■. Saturday after • noon ! Competitions '.Committee. . ■•.;■■ *.• ■..,- V-Lieutenant Hutehen. vjas' elected secretary,, and Lieutenant lioltoii, treasurer, pf'tho assoelation. '.".'■. „' 1 ■ \ W "i". ■ 'A committee,- 'consisting..of.,Captains Cowlcs and Mtithesdn, and; Lieutenants Kobertson and •■'Henderson, was ■ constituted :to .formulate . a report -flu the ".encouragement of. vine-shooting Anions tho cadets; *'■■"■'?\ : , :'''- : '."■-,V,'.'"'.• "..•' '••■-' I -'■ Consideration','of thoArccommendatipii'of the aninialigeiieral meeting With.regard to-a two; days', association -.price meeting ■ at. .Trcutbani was'deferred.,;; \. ',-"..', : '. ..;!' ''■■ ! : ■',;',-. !;-"<■■•!'v^!!-' ; '.'NEW ZEALAND TEAM LEAVES- FOE;. '■'"': :;■':..- '-.'•;■ '.'--v ;■ '^SYDNBYl':'■;■;.. 'The members ,of the ; New Zealand representative: riilo team left for- Sydney; yesterday-of-" ternoon to represent-theDominion at the Commonwealth, ltiflo Meeting at Handwick liangc.,

• Tho' Ho'u.; G. Fuwlds, Acting-Minister for i)efence,' and Colonel K.-.J.. Collins,' V.D.,- chief: executive officer of tho .Dominionßifle Association,, wei-'o! among those .who.went on board.the steamer.to say good-byo to tho team, , • The-Minister,' speaking, to-'Lieut-Colonel' Hughes (commandant of.the tiam),'.wished'tho team'good-luol;,' and expressed the hopo .that, every mail would do his best for the.Dominion,! Colonel Collins said ho. hoped , ; they. would' all remember that they.'wcr'o Now Zealnuders. working for New'. Zealand, and • not as' indivi-.

duals.:, : > ■..■■■ „ ■■ .-. Licut.-Coloncl. Hughes thauked the- Minister and Colonel Collins for: their good wishes,-and said ho . believed tho ..team . would recognise their.duty .to Now Zealand as.a whole. :;. . "-'■■Tho'team is as follows'.—Lieut. H. Hawthorn (Civil. Service lliflcs, Wellington); President G.. Lovcday' (Ohura Kills Glul)); .Q'iarter-Master-Sorgeant ;Shaw (Auckland Rillo Battalion); Captain ; W: S. King-..(Limvood ,-Riflcs,. Christchurch); President Minefield (Sounds'; - Iiiflo: Club); Rifleman A",:".H. ,Guy>(Kaponga '-Rifle' Club); Sergeant 1?., James (Napier Guards); Rifleman-'- Geb; Halliday (Karori -Rifle";; Club, Wellington); Lieut.' W. Duncan '.'(Millertou Rifles, and champion rillo : shot ■of New! Zealand);' Corporal M'Cohncll (Canterbury. Engineers, Christchurch); Col.-SergcanV Hadfield (Blenheim Rifles); Corporal' Patrick (Victoria Rifles, Auckland).. ■ ,'. ....■.;■.• -,! .