RIFLE SHOOTING.
LORD ROBERTS APPEALS TO. the NATION* training xo.uths to: siioo.t.. By Electric Telegraph—Per Press 'Association— Copyright. LONDON. Jiune. 12. '* Lord -Roberts, in a weighty- letter to the press, emphasises'the pressing necessity of yind.'Viers.al trttining; of tIKS : " v youth of the nation to shoot. lie appeals to Londis-Lioutenant, Mayors, and local authorities Jo originate rifle clubs*, and he invites contributions of £IOO,OOO to '’place the organisations on a permanent footing. 6 Tic adds : f f If British Soldiers in
So.uth Africa' had been able to Shoot better most of the unfortunate inci- f , dents .would not have occurred.”-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1480, 14 June 1905, Page 2
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99RIFLE SHOOTING. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1480, 14 June 1905, Page 2
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