THE RIFLE RANGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81859, 6 October 1906, Page 3

THE RIFLE RANGE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l am glad to see you rake .m interest in the old pah at the Uaiwakaiho. otherwise I Jiould have thought th a'traetion wa s —well fishing. Presumably I am still the custodian of the rifle range. I waS appointed range warder, which means tlie -am* thing, by the join* committee of the eornpanie- interested, some two yearand 1 lih*.'* not received notiee tfrai 'he appointment wa- cancelled. J never pretended to look after tie range, onl >' charge of th< plant »n the trench and >h« d and keeping the target- in repair: this I continued to do up to Jun- hu J am le-nng on my »ars tor good and ijitfii'etit reasons; it !•» a t hankie itil'J unpr -fitable job. lurid pi* turp ot the xtate of itif ianj-e r.i'h- r exaggerated. 1 reported tln danu r When it occurred and act|d on the oilier* givw me in ronncetiniithrreurh. '|'he target uji-nti *ned 1 5 U'>i u>'d. a!' the other* are -af** enough. I" f l' all the work necessary W"u'd fiom /jm to £.s•**'. f* ncing and a protection wait 1/ ng the principal llein*. The vvh<»'e ihiug a <pJ<.v tion of fund*. Ihe »" mp'inies en corned have a- much or m*>rt than they can afford. S: met'img wih he availab'e day; until then th? poliey pur-u"d to b rt : lai«>e/ fa ; re, lai^e Z Regulations forbid nv saving al! I w< u'' ! like.—l am, etc.. . E. ARMITAGE. October