GARRISON RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5

GARRISON RIFLE ASSOCIATION

;v^.]^S^^^/'OT^jreiZES^ v;:^ ■ 'At : the".'Garrison .Hall,last; : eveniri»- an' enjoyable-entertainment;-was" given'under; the of •.the,;Ga'rrispn,Rifle ■ A'sspV ciation,":-tne.i ocoasion;being;.the'- presentation ;6f recent -.dis-'t ■trict: rifle-'championsliip meeting; at Trehtham.lTCaptain: Davis, ",Y.p,}...;presided, arid there'was also,present,:Colonel R; 'J.:' .CoUins;';V;;p;-, .1.5.0.,: chief executive, offi-'; oer'i.of.- the "..Dbminiott: Kifle Association, Major;Ti'Wr , HTDonald,:officer;;command-, ing ( thoV. Public- Cadets; .Captain,vß.'.;'O'.i ; Chesney,' ■p.AiA.G'.,\and;-the .officers/ ; pf: the -garrisbn. .There. ,was : a ; , very" goo'd' at-tendance-of : t the. publio, and everything: went^pff '' : lif::'■:■■"■■":'■'' ;' In .presenting the prizes, 5 Colonel .Collins; congratulated; the. association'on the success which..'had : attended, the! first: dis— triot.; rifle meeting 'held'.under; the; joint auspices; of the;volunteers'and. the. rifle olubs. In point of ■ the > meeting must' be held -.to.; rank next; in'im-. ! portance.to' the New; Zealand chatppipnmeeting, and'h'e ; hop/ed:'that ; .every ■Buecess ;.wpuldvattend,:it:;.in.the. future. iMusicai/and; other'items".w.ere 'given;by Lieutenants Mee ! and - Wilkinson, Messrs.-MTarlane,-/Marks, ;'Newton,> and .Beth. Operatift ■ selections : were . contributed /by,' the- Garrison Band, , ' while displays' .were given -byi the- bayonet, team ;o£ |the'. Wel■lin'gton City Rifles, and the physical.drill team from the Zealandia'.-Kifles,' .": : ;;. ;