RIFLE PRACTICE.
'...■:■•',.''■ '■*'".■/','■'"■■• . [To. the Editor of tlio Wairarapa Daily], Sir,—Can you iuform me if there is not . some responsible person -supposed to: accompany those youtha who attend often tiinesat tlierifle/rsnges,'on MrD. Donald's farm, for rifle practice, and' uridei whose charge they aho.uld act. •If not'l think it iraportaut that persons living ort the edge of. the bush'should know how far they stand in safety as they have to'raove about more or less. I saw several youths firing this morning and there did not : 'appear to be any person there that assumed any *■■ command over them, so as to secure that safety we have a right to expect. I am, &0,, ; ■•'• Kurdttoi. Masterton, January 10th 1881. [Firing is not allowed by the regulations excepting when a roiponsible offioer is . present. 'lf the facts are as stated by our ''* correspondent, the sooner a stop is put to such an improper praotice the better. —Ed. W. D.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 664, 11 January 1881, Page 2
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154RIFLE PRACTICE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 664, 11 January 1881, Page 2
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