NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4875, 13 November 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION

1 _ j'J'he following oircitlur for tho |j information of.Volunteei l corps.and c liifie Clubs Ims been issued by Majoi c Sommeryille, Chairman of. tho N.Z. ;1 Rifle Association The Council of t the N./j. Rifle Associatioii have . passed the following resolutions for : tliu information of all Volunteer s Cprpsi and Mo ClubsNo 1. Any Rifle Club within the Colony having ' a; nicinbci'sliip of not less than 20 >' members can, on application to the r Executive Ollicer, become affiliated '' with tho N,55. Mo Association.-The nitmo of sncli Club, with tho mimes (, of the President, Vice-President, e Ca'ptain, and' Secretory, will ' be - registered in tho books of tlio Assoc elation, and published- ii) tlio annual l _ report. No 2.'.that- members of '' affiliated and registered liifle .Clubs " only »shall be recognised ias . eligible ■ to., compete ' at 1 the t annual: meeting; of the <Associa- ) tiou under.tho clause, " Members of s Billo Cliibs'i" No 3, That tho Asso: { ciiition shall issue jq each affiliated 9 Initio Club'annually a special,bronzo ' niedal, to lie competed for. by mera- ! bpvs oi thciClub onitlieiv own range, I under the' following conditions: — I of shots: seven at each distance, . Sighting shots: two at each distance. . Position : Any;' Rifles: Martini or ■ Snider. Four „ competitions, • the ! highejit: aggrfcgjate scoro'iii any three matches to become tho winner of tho ' hronzo modal,, Handicap: :; r .Tbe ' ()oiiuitteo,:of any Eille Club may, if t|ioy think jit, arrange liandicaps for compotitors, bufc'tii'e.maximnnniuinber of pointSvdwaidetl-shall''not exceed ten'points'. (' 'No. 4. The: winner - of' the Bronze Medal, on produotion of H'Vcertificate from the hi's:Clnb, s'uall be entitled 10. life" nieinbertjliir, i n Nw /iMil[ii](LEillo l for; ,in lio,.is awiriineiv No, o, lhnt »; special Slatch shall! "f luoludcd. in the Annual. Programme of the Association, with suclyp'rizes as the Council may tliiiik fit, open onlj;;'to winners of Bronze. ifedftliJ (or- the current year.' .No, 6;' That tho Annual Fee for affiliation, which shall include the ' Bronze Modal, shall'| l be"- 1 two pounds, payilble oh'.: before 'the.' 31st ''in".- pacK,;!yea?.-. Tet any yolnntce'r.Covps in tho Colony ban, tin|pay of two poiinds iinnually. receive tlio Bronze Medal |qj.cdin'petiti(ui,.Tho-)vinnev for tlitj year sha.ll .be entitled,>to his ?- 11 berflhil) .ij ; he Now - Zealand fiw and shall also , J , e . ''.l'giblo to compete in tlio special Matelt sqt'aside foi' -Bronz® Medal wiiineri. 'NoB. 1 S&r'etiu-ies ofVoWntier' Corps ar.d Rillft'Clabs, applying for the BroiizO MecHils,' must,' in the case of Mo, Club's, send, the jollojvvng dclnils::—l. ;Nnwo of Me'Olub: 2.'Namo;of'nearest Post.Town- •;l Names of Piendent ami Vice-Presi-dent, i Nainb of Uaptaiu; Si v: Niime fit Secretary., C.Nnmber of numbers i on Roll, 7m >Club has beon Volunteei Coips In the caso of Volunteer Corps,"tlio name 'of tha Oicei Cotnuiaudin};,