RIFLE SHOOTING.
NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. [Pes Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Feb. 11.
The weapons to be used at the New Zealand Rifle Association's Championship Meeting, at Wanganui, next month, will be .303 and Martini-Henry- Rifles. As to how to handicap those competitors using the former arms, Colonel Somerville is communicating with the authorities in Australia on the subject, but says that, so far as he iis at present advised, the Martini-Henry is quite able to hold its own with the .303 in the matter of accurate shooting;
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12423, 12 February 1901, Page 2
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