WELLINGTON NEWS.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night. DANGERS OF RIFLE SHOOTING. An inquest was held to-day concerning tde death of Richard Penfold, a member of the Civil service Rifles, who died from injuries caused by a gunshot received while marking during the shooting competition at Polhill Gully range on April 4th. A verdict of 11 Accidental Death ” was returned, with a recommendation that at shooting matches a danger flag should be flown directly in front of (be target, and that signals should bo exchanged between tbe butts and the firing point before shots were made. LOCAL OPTION POLLS. At a meeting of the Executive of the New Zealand Alliance, a resolution was passed condemning the action of the House of Representatives in adding a clause to the City Electorates Bill, whioh will make the taking of the local option poll impossible in cities. The Executive also expressed the hope that the Legislative Council will take steps to restore to the people of the cities the rights which the other Chamber has taken away.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 997, 16 September 1903, Page 2
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