RIFLE-SHOOTING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8178, 20 July 1912, Page 6

RIFLE-SHOOTING.

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD. BETWEEN CLUBMEN AND COMMANDANT. A meeting of members of the Karori Rifle Club was held at the Garrison Hall last evening, to discuss a circular forwarded from the New Zealand Rifle Club's executive to the various clubs. Mr H. T. Marshall, president of the club, was in the chair. The circular stated that at a conference held at Trentham in March last, between General Godley and representatives of the rifle clubs, after a full discussion, the delegates agreed to give all possible help to the new scheme for rifle clubs. Main points in the proposal of the General were that the young men of the country, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, not required for service in the Territorials, would be posted to the existing rifle clubs, bringing each club's memoership up to 120. A club would bo composed or two sections, the present voluntary members forming one section, and the service or compulsory members forming the other. The service members would have no vote or any say whatever in the club affairs. They might, however, if they desired to do so, pay tli© subscription ruling in the club, and thus become voluntary members with full privileges. The duty of seeing that the service members carried out their compulsory obligations would devolve upon tile military officers, not upon tho president of the club. Rifles would be issued to the service men. All shooting of the compulsory men would ho done on existing rifle club and Government. ranges. The Defence Department would then keep ranges and targets in repair, and this would mean a distinct saving to all clubs. A capitation grant of 2s 6d per annum per member would also be paid. The executive urged clubs to render loyal assistance to General Godley in tho matter. The meeting resolved to vote the extra sum of 7s Gd asked for by the executive. A vote of thanks was passed to tho executive for what it had done since its formation. It was reported by the chairman that General Godley desired to meet representatives of rifle clubs in conference to discuss matters affecting clubs. It had been decided that the meeting would take place in AVellingtou on August sth, and the Rifle Clubs' executive had been asked to select sixteen representatives to attend —one from each area group in the Dominion. The executive had now selected the delegates, the travelling expenses of whom would be paid.