NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10215, 10 December 1898, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

(PBESS ASSOCUaiDtt TELEGRAM.) " ''J WELLINGTON, December 9. \is Major SoromerviUe-informs the Press As* sooiation that the programme- for the N*wv-f Zealand Rifle Assooia/tion Meeting at Wan«w ganui will he circulated in a few days. The 1 "-'' prize list amounts to £1100,. not including U the cups and trophies. The meeting begins. :£ on Thursday, 23rd February, and the * pon to lie used is the Martini-Henry. Tie >'% j entry money for the Teams Match has besn Q \ reduced to £3, and strong efforts will bef>| 1 made to make this match more popular -h_n>>'.l- | in the patet. The Commandant of the f has sanctioned the use of,the Martini-Ei-Mdli I rifle for one match, during the meetingj%3£# i probably the- old -forth and South MfiftV ! ?f3?S *?£ be a S &inon -*» 1 test the .303 weapon. F,ield firing I i Lindsay matches will be special featur#Mil S the meeting, and, being , purely sertil# I matches, should have good entries/ ? matches will be included, and hopes | tertamed that the Commandant. ofV ''wM&'W .Forces vrill allow .303 rifles to be x_jed;llfߧ there is but little recoil ,from =ihe'(»rilSPfi cartridges. The same conditions,'are' |«!|hl carried out as last year in'regsi-d to : way passes. The Bronze Medall-tatc-^!IS still be*retoined on the prosrramijie, M Rifle Clubs must affiliate with the AmmM Im turn. , The range' will probably be.«is3ff {■ banks of ihe river, the furing berofc'%i»s HI north. - - °/j%Mi- ijm