WITH THE RIFLE
MEETING OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE AUSTRALIAN VISIT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, LONDON, March 14. At the National Rifle Association’s meeting the report showed a loss for the year of £2235. The new conditions for the King’s Prize permit the use of approved aperture sights and windgauges. The first stage will be seven shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards: the second stage ten shots at 300 and. 600 yards; ana the third stage fifteen shots at 900 and 1000 yards. Captain Richardson spoke on the tom to Australia, and emphasised the importance of the association realising that it was legislating for rifle shooting throughout the Empire. He stressed the fact that Australian marksmen had advantages owing to Government support; the provision of free ranges enabling them to offer prize-lists larger than that for Bisley..
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10850, 16 March 1921, Page 6
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