RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 9

RIFLE SHOOTING.

* ■■.:■: ;r OPENING -OF-THE-' SEASONv.-;- unf x It.has been decided by. the ■committee of tiio 'Wellington Garrison'Eiflo-Association, that tho rinVshbdting fieiM, iQOOdSIO, -will 'bo formally opened on Saturday, October 2, when an officers', land: ladies''match will bo fired at Trentham, .and I '■afternoon' tea- -dispensed on' tho 'range.- The 'train- arraugemeuts- for -.tho- weekend matches: during' tho.coming.season will re-main-unaltered--no from-last,:season; tho riflemen's "special" will leave, town, for, Trentham atl.2op.ni:, and Trentham for Wellington at 5 p.m., ■-.'■, ." -.'■■•' ■ -. >■■-.?; ■■''•. ■' ' :' Captain -G."Harcourt Tnrner ( ".'a!',nicmber, of the"; executive "committed'. -of :';tlio/S-- Wellington ■Garrison Riilo. Associations-regards. ;tho> r ii;-st Wr's'-'workiiig of tho; : new.-'association'as:liav. ing been vcrv'satisfactpry-.1-.'-'We,-w.ill-jtist"have -a credit 'balance," he;said;Vtoj;a. representative of-Tin'Dominion yesterday; "iSpeakijig;:of-'the! annual i-'pr'iz'emeeting; of • the •• association, 1 . Cap-' ■:tain Turner'said'that :in all probability a':,tvp. .'days'' meeting one, 'as in: previous: years.'^Thel'midstion-, of.ytho amalgamation ?f .'he Defence Rifle {Clubs'Association'with -the. Garrison .Riflo,Association was: ono "for.. present consideration. -rhVaus-, pices',''he,:thought,'wei'C 'favourable to such an amalgamation,.which would,bo in the best interests of district shooting. : ;-. v.:-

- The .members': of the-Now Zealand Pieprcse,n : tative-Uifio-;Team-. will leavo'i'or Sydney on. ,Sontember 24. ;It* has been decided, however, that-thero'will-bo'.no formal assembling.of tho team: in .Wellington' for an omcial send-off. In order, toV incur a miniunim loss of time with, respect"ito the privato business of' the competitors, "tho' northern men will" leave for Sydney from Auckland. Members of the team who aro volunteers .will be credited with any. parades- held by their- companies during their' ab-. sonco : at th'e'Commdnwcalth'.R.illo .Meeting. Nearly all the members of: the team havo. accsotta: Colonel Collins's. offer of'new. riQobarrels..'-.."'.';".'..';■:'.':■' ■*'■''■ : r: ■ ■'■■■:' '"V ■-