RIFLE SHOOGING.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1924, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOGING.

nv TEI.EISItAVU— —I'KKSS ASSN., COfYRIGHI. Al ANY POSSIBLES. TRENTHAM, Alareh 20. The weather this morning was warm and so was the shooting. At the opening of the first event, the Wellington match 600 and 000 yds, the light was dull with a faint zephyr which at the start was almost negligible, a . fact borne out by the frequency of possibles. One board showed what is a record for New Zealand, if not the world. It read '-McPherson ■Tapamii.) 60, Tobin (AYliangarei) 60, Boon (Karon) 60, West (Okawa) 60, Higgs (Now Plymouth) 41. AlcPhersoii kicked off with 4 for a sighter which of course was rejected. Then ho and the three following men put on forty-two consecutive ‘•bulls,” but Higgs could not keep up and his third found the magpie, the fourth was the same, and then came alternative 4’s and 6’s except the ninth, which only produced 2. A fishtail had developed and bothered him. Among other early shoots were possibles by Clark, C. and F. Whiteman, Palmer, Barkle, Lawson, H. Harris, and Head, while 49’s were as plentiful as the blackberries in the scrub adjoining the range. Going back to 600 yards the breeze was stronger and more uncertain, flickering from side to side with disastrous effects in many cases. AYest got on 48, the wind heating him on the .second shot which found the magpie ring. His total of 98 however, should be profitable. Among others so far finished are Barkle, who added 43 making a total of 93, Harris 44, 94, Tobin 40, 90. This afternoon the Otago match ten shots at 800 and 900 yds will he fired and the first leg (15 shots at 600 yds) of the Dominion match will also be put through.

RIFLE SHOOTING. TRENTHAM, Alareh 20. At the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association last night there was a protracted discussion on the suggestion by C. AL Afoss, Dunedin, that some working arrangement with the Defence Department so that one combined meeting could be held. He moved that an endeavour be made to induce the Minister to agree to run the

Army and National Association meetings in conjunction next year. An objection was raised that this would mean that competitors would be required to use two distinct types of rifles at the meeting. This was eventually rejected in favour of a recommendation that the two Associations cooperate in carrying out their future programmes, but that the National Association retain its distinctive identity.