OPENING MINIATURE RIFLE RANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 16, 16 July 1910, Page 2

OPENING MINIATURE RIFLE RANGE.

i'esterday afternoon the nevv miniature, ■rifle "rafige"at theOiieiuiiga. Dis'tri-cl High —School, was opened..lhy- Mr. ,0. J. EaiT, Hchairman of the Board of Education: ' 4. Jarge nuihber of parents and visitors " "were also "present ..Mr. Earr .stated,, in the..CAurse;.<}f his remarks, that Onehuflga was the second, school to open a rifle Tange, Devonport: having opened one .only a few. wgeks before. He complimented the headmaster and Major Robb on t-he fine appearaaice presented 'by the corps, -aid on their splendid record. -Mr. Parr gave some in—feeresttag figures as to-the sta?e -ci armies in Europe, saying that "Germany Had' 4,000,000 "soldiers "ready to" "take! . Vhe field,'':. Russia "5:,OC)0,000, " Austria 4,000,000, and France 3,000,000. - In view"ofthese , figures; he said,-it-beheved us io : - make xmxseLy es prepared in "Stse of an xxutbreak of vva'r. ilr. t'Ken .~fir.ed . .the' iixst'' shot : ah4- <ieela?ecl~tEe'." range' • open. " ...._.. H-. Sorn, chairman of the sehtfol connnittee, drew" a'ttentibh "to the' sple"ndjd record of the school in the past, and "iopeti' that -We-range .would help .'them Jtb -keep up- the 'high standard, they had "alreaiiTy'setV He , referred to -the slrotrting .of' Sergeant..Friar, the numbei of ."shields "Voit" ly" the sch.o_6l, ancL. Bugler' Morgan, aal.nien'tioned jtitat. the Gpyerh.grant of .'£so-to-. •wards defraying his expenses in connec- , tion with Ms to the Old Country to 'cbnipete for Lord Roberts' trophy-. Last yeai's team also won the Erect Shield and ie-Q medate, which had been ..presented tp the corps last Tuesday Tjy >iiord. -Islington, being the first presehtaZealand by the new Governor: Tie. rifle range ' had cost £34, £1S being raised by tho scHool and tte 'OoTernment-girviag-a subsidy of £ 16. The headmaster, Mr. ilclntosh, and the 6taft' went'to a g'rea"t 'd'eaT'oT trouble to make the junction a success, providing afternoon iei for "the"vreitors,. and "erect- ' ing a platform. for the speakers. At. the -7con3ssio.il of."the, "cerfiSidny", seyeijal..of -the -visitors tried the range by firing; a "■Biiinijef of shots.' ~