MUSKETRY METHODS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1914, Page 10

MUSKETRY METHODS

pathetic. By the appointment of musthc serious side of shooting and leain what they could in the service practices. He was glad to hear that, at this meeting, rifle club men had entered heartily into these practices. There was no wish whatever on the part of tlie military authorities to wipe out bull's-eye shooting altogether. They recognised the present transition stage of shooting, and they desired neither to hasten the process nor to abolish the bull's-eye. What they wanted was up-to-date methods. Those who knew what was going on at Bisley knew that bull's-eye shooting was going out of date. They did not want New Zealand to bp behind. The Minister congratulated President Masefield. They in Canterbury would have liked to claim the winner, but, though he was born on Banks Peninsula, he left the province early. The Hon. Colonel Baillie (a representative of Maryborough, from which province the champion comes) added his congratulations, and drew attention to the fact that this was the first time a Marlborough man had secured the championship. Prizes were then presented by Mrs. Collins, and Colonel Collins thanked the official visitors for their presence, and expressed his hearty appreciation of the services of all who had assisted at the' meeting. Cheers were given for the champion, for Colonel Collins.'and others.