NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8738, 9 March 1894, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

The winding up 0/ the meeting of "the New Zealand Rilie Association took place yesterday. A match among the Staff officers,, which was wou by 'Lieutenant-Colonel' Gordon, and the Markers' Match, Won by Gunner Kelly, oi Oamaru, were urtnl in tho morning* anu ■ then thA<:work :otf ati-ftta* osmp tools plana. The prizes were presented in the aSffifoam. at theOddfoUowaTHatt by Mrs SommwviUe, wife of Major jSommcrville. A »vote«

filtered against the Wellington team winning the Discriet Representative Match on the ground that one of its members did not reside within the Wellington Volunteer district was disallowed, on the ground that it had not been lodged within the time prescribed by the rales. Taken altogether the meeting of 1d94 was a very pleasant one, and the only cause of dissatisfaction was the quality of the ammunition used. "NEW AUSTRALIA." Mr McNaught, of Sydney, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New Australian settlement, is at present in Christchureh. Since Mr Mc Naught's arrival in New Zealand he has given lectures on the settlement at Duneuin and Waimate, and purposes doing the same here at the Oddfellows' Hall, on Monday evening next. In the course of a short conversation yesterday witn a member of the staff of the Pkess Mr McNaught said that the troubles referred to in a recent cable as having occurred had been fomented by some persons who had joined the Association for the purpose A shipload ot settlers was, Mr McNaught stated, leaving Adelaide some days after the rumours reached Australia, ai.d tney were asked ShetherthevwouiawUhtowithdrawanateke their money out, but they all declined and S£t on! Mr NcNajight further states that any one joining the Association, whether he Ssesses largewms of money or not must St it all in for the general benent. lie P. . V,, m a ,p» n rMl is £60, and the minimum sum accepteu »> Association reserves itself the right ,o refuse to enrol any one The settler, are renor ted by Mr Lane, the head of the moveSStto be hard at work getting their land S order, aud with the exception of the little trouble referred to al has gone on smoothly. As an impression has got abroad XTthfAssociation will take any settlers who may desire to go irrespective of their SLsingmeans, Mr McNaught was very SnJicit in stating that the possession of the minimum sum of £60, which must he paid " into the fands of the Association, and the signing of an agreement to subscribe to the Association all that lie may possess is required of every intending settler before he is enrolled.