RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
(Per Press Association.) Well'ngton, night. The next meeting of the Nbw Zealand Dofenoo Forces ltiflo Association takes place at Trentham on Matoh stb, The programme, just issued, is oa somewhat Bimilar lines to those cf previous meeliDgs. The prize money, however, has been considerably inoreaied, the total amount being £1132, of whioh £203 is a lotted to the final match for tho bolt. Tho money prizes iu each of the first five matches havo baen increased in n amber from 43 to 70, with a total of £B9 to each match, or a grand trial of 400 prizes, of the valuo of . £650. In the ohampiouslrp series, the distanco3 havo been re arrangod, so as to allow of long-range shooting. Add tional strvioe malchos are provided for in the m troduotion for the first time of a 1 moving target " end “ surpriso ta"gefc?.” Members of rifle clubs can tako part in some ot thetrans' mitohes. Owing to th§ increased target acoommolalion whioh will bs availab'e, Colonel Co’lins hopes to the meeting through iu fivo days. The Colonial Ammunition Company has provided two priz s for long-distance ghootiDg.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 9 December 1905, Page 3
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189RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 9 December 1905, Page 3
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