RIFLE SHOOTING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 75, 29 March 1919, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

The local jDe fence Office has received authority from District Headquarter*? Christchurch, to conduct a m e °L jng tor ihe Nelson-Marl tnct. The sum of £6o has }.vmi * located as prize money, and a small *um has Also ’been provided to coyer TU iw ay fares lor competitors TJu-. follow'* l . S programme, which was sphSttitted *o Headquarters, has been approved ; The meeting can only be hpW ri pew rifle range on the (duMhnrine *teserve at S oke is completed wme, M the only other range is on private PIP; p*rty, and- consists of two target* Which would be inadequate tor the purpose of is rifle meeting. -The Hoke Range is pracjilcdUy wopleted, and an effort is being made by (be Public Works Department and hy fbd loc&i Defence Office to have tbp Work fully completed and all the appliances on the ground by Easter Mdhdiy, the date on which it ii proposed to hold the meeting. „ , Entries will close on Monday, 44th April. Entry fee Is for eaefi event. batches 1, % 3, 4. and 7 m for >cadets only, and for these entries then will be no entry fee. . Match No. 1. Grouping; 1W yard* Sod clas« figure 2b points: I prize of S&, 2 pnzes o! El, 2 prizes of IfiS, find f> prize® of 10». Total £8- __ ■ Ma'eh No. 2. Aimhoation r 2w yards 2nji class figure; 5 rounds, 26 point*: Frizes as for Match No. 1. £B, Match No. 3. Snap-shooting; 13X4 Yd* No; 3’figure; 5 secs, exposure, 5 rounds, caefi hit to count 3 points. Frizes as for. Match No. 1. LB- ■ , . , Match No. 4. Rapid; 200 yards 2nd class figure; 10 rounds; 1 minn'e; magazine empt v ; breech closed i Prizes N for Match No. 1, £B. .Match No. b. Application. dUO yards; 2nd class fifrure; 7 rounds | 28 ppmfa. Prices: 1* prize of £3 ? 2of »?» % 16*. and 6 of 10«. }£ll. Match No. 6. 500 yards f Ist c|a«s figure; target 7 rounds with a compulsory sighler. Possible 28 points: Prizes ■s for. No. 6 Match. 4SJ.L . Match. No. 7 (Teams Match). Field Practice (No. 6): Tfeams of f>; ampipm* (ion on firing point; fall in 2P yqrcfs behind firing point. Practice to commence on word “Advance" from supervising' officer. Prizes, Ist . £3, 2nd 3rd, £L t £6-. ... Matches Nos. 1, 2, 3, and Nq. 7 are for Cadets only. Matches Nos. ,6 and 6 are open to Territorials,’ Rifle Club members, and Cadets, , - ,