RIFLE CLUB

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1917, Page 2

RIFLE CLUB

(To the Editor.)

Sir.—ln c\'!in<H'ti',n with the recent instraclL.tu i.uutM by the Officer I'uiinnandin.; the Cu.nlerburv Military Distinct that in the case of "Rifle Clubs at present not heiiur instructed in the handling of rifles, etc. special inatnu tions ni - dribs and Icc-

liiivs Ij v coinji; tent ul'n ns mint ue r.i

ta.jced," the fclio'.vimi- from the pen of tiie v.iiter e.f iiifie Xdes in the diris!clinreh Press deserve: t--m.dt. ration j.nd it could, I think, he cairie.l out if the Cove; mnent gave the same assistance as ir, given in the Commonwealth, i.e.. free ammunition and oipitali n ; "I have often Ihouchi that lot neatly enough u:o Las l.een made of the prominent shooting men if New Zealand in utilising their cervues to teach the younger men the art of the

ide. 1 feel sure if the Rifle Club men i the dui'erent districts were approached.

•V d robed to enrol into what may be te'-n ed a teachers' corps tliev would certainly avree t,o place their services at the di :p >sal of the Defence Department to letch onr Territorials to shoot, with the result we should verv soon have a force

rccond t i none in usefulness. At present ti c musket]y instmctais, where there .■ re any. ace overworked, and as a result theie is not (hat inteie t in shooting v hi?li such an important subject denial ds. tfl course, this wmihl mean a considerable iucre'se in the ammunition cranfc, but it would certainly be woith it." —Tam etc.

OLD RIFLEMAN Oreymmith, May 15th 1917.