A NOTED MARKSMAN.
LARGE COLLECTION OF TROPHIES.
TO SERVE ON H.M.S. DIOMEDE,
(Special to Dails Times.) AUCKLAND, April 11
A marksman with a record of notable achievements arrived by the lonic from Southampton to-day to join the cruiser Diomede. He is A. Pryce, a commissioned gunner, who in service and genera l rifle meetings in England has won scores of coveted trophies. Twice has he been in the “ King’s Hundred,” fi e times in the “ National Twenty,” and again twice in the “ Navy Eight ” rifle and revolver match. An amazingly large collection of cups and trophies and 62 medals attest his marksmanship in many forms of competition.
Pryce’s particular duties on the Diomede have not yet been defined, but he will probably give instruction iii musketry. As he will be attached to the New Zealand station for three years, he hopes to be able to compete at the Dominion rifle meetings. At one time be served on H.M.S. New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19280412.2.7
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 20381, 12 April 1928, Page 2
Word Count
160A NOTED MARKSMAN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20381, 12 April 1928, Page 2
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in