NATIONAL RIFLE MEETING

Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 20

NATIONAL RIFLE MEETING

TO-DAY’S PROGRAMME n?Bi (Jhitbo Pboss Association.l TRENTHAM. March 1. The marksmen were squadded earlier than usual this morning, the men being at the mounds by 8 o’clock. ’The sun soon dispersed Trentham’s mantle of fog, and when the first details opened fire conditions were calm, but the visibility was not good, due to the masked background or the targets and the bright sunshine causing mirage. There was marked improvement later. The matches being fired to-day comprise the Auckland at 30Qyds and 500yds (ten shots each), the Wellington at 500yds and 600yds (ten shots each), the Canterbury at GOOyds (ten shots). These complete the short range series, from which the Trentham aggregate is compiled, and the leading fifty for the King’s Prize obtained. An endeavour is being made to conclude the meeting on Tuesday evening but with the Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, and Otago teams' matches, the service championship, and the King’s Fifty to be fired on Monday and Tuesday, the accomplishment Is not free from difficulty. In the Auckland match forty-seven was the highest score returned in the shorter range, and this only in a few instances, the average being forty-two. At 500yds M. Luxford, a tyro from Wanganui, registered the possible. Of other cards completed in this match, F. Jenne (Gisborne) has an aggregate of 95. The marking is being done by M aoris, and the competitors acclaim their smartness and accuracy.