RIFLE SHOOTING
THE D.R.A. MEETING. INCREASED PRIZE MONET. (Peb United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 4. At a meeting of the Executive Council of the Dominion Rifle Association Colonel Collins referred to the proposed. drastic change in the association’s constitution. He said that the Defence Department was desirous of encouraging rifle shooting, and this could be best done by maintaining the association under its present constitution as a separate and distinct unit. He stated also that a team would represent the Commonwealth at the next meeting at Trentham, and it was also expected that both Victoria and New South Wales would be well represented. The first prize in each match has been increased to £lO, and the others raised proportionately, the total m each match being £122._ The Bisley and Trentham aggregate prize lists have been increased to £IOO each.
The date of the next association meeting is March 2.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18316, 5 August 1921, Page 4
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