VOLUNTEER NEWS.
Ths results of the clasi-firing in Volunteer Corpi during the past year do Dot show any grea f > amouDt of ski 1 with th) lifli. The highest percentage of hit-) in the We lingon district was trained by tbe A'exindra Mounted R fles. Out of 59 oosnpuues that completed the practice tbe percentage of t i's to rounds fired exceeded 50 par cent in only 19 caees. Prominent in the list are :—Wellington Ci'y R'fliP, 76; Wangsnui Rifle', 74 5, Wanganui Highland Rides, 70.5; Wellington Enlaranaki Rifl s, 63 2; Patea Kiflee, 62 3. Siver»l Wairarapi companies failtd to score 50 per cent., and of ■h-se 'he Pabiatui end Woodville Rifles fbilel to reieh 25 per cent, there's evidently room fjr improvement i i the shooting of our volunteers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 202, 27 June 1903, Page 2
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131VOLUNTEER NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 202, 27 June 1903, Page 2
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