RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7752, 2 March 1905, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING.

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE POUCH ANNUAL MEETINO, (Por AwooUtlo..) TKRKTIIAH, March 1. Preparations have been completed I for the New Zealand lUokh fare* Kiflo Association mooting', which oj>cns to-morrow morning, •ml aiiwi promises to jipjUu »iott .MMassful since it has been unucr the a tutrices of the Defence Department. Up to the present the cutrio* number about 880, which is a record, 'Hus bulk ot the competitor* are utlKaMf Ipcomp or In lodging near by, rcajfly to commence the Auckland match for the championship at Uiife' ln 6m morning, 'lite success of Um son* putition af Hlsley lost yMtTtndths (act that it in intended do agad another teum there this yean bnve had the cfloct of infusing great i&tereat into the present meeting, and haw resulted In an incroMod jumber of | marksmen -attAilntf, j'ftcre will b* uiso an additional number of (jtol Among the tnen In camp arc iiuy-ksmen who were formerly conspicuous at the butts, but who hav« not competed at the big nwetli** m for years. Amongst these are Lieut. * Juck, Dunedin City Guanls, who roI presented New Zealand against Australia in the Fodcral iiij*Trh in 1896. I and ivho has not shot at association j meetings slpce 1898 (at OamaruJ ; Captain Gunderaon, ChrisUhureh ltiflo Club, who last competed In 1 1901 Sontag, Dunedia City j Guards, who competed at the satno ! masting; and J. G. Wilson, who n>> presented the colony at llisley In - 11002. Thel following will act an range officers throughout the moct~ ing : Major Cress well (Christchurch), ' Major Hughes (Wangnnul), Captain j Snndford (ChriwtchurchJ. Lieutenant • Foster (Canterbury), lieutenant fkft> die (Wellington), and Captain lllshnp (Christchurch). Among ex - chatnpions competing are W. 11. Ilatlifr. , gvr, A. Dullingur, R. J. King, t*. Hyde, W. H. Nelson, aad fa/stow. The present champion,' J. w, Ching, is also present. Shanks,' of tfcs Hisloy team, is not competing. It Is at present raining bard, aad there Is every prospect of It continuing j throughout the night.