A TEAM FOR BISLEY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2661, 15 March 1905, Page 62

A TEAM FOR BISLEY.

WELLINGTON, March 13. Members of the late Bisley team were ■entertained by the Government. Colonel Pitt, presiding, referred to New Zealand's success in field sports last year, having won. the Liverpool Cup and ike Kolapore Cup, and defeated the British footballers. 'lha cost of sending the last team to Bisley had been £1650, and he regarded the expenuiture in the encouragement of shooting as money well spent. He paid a tribute to the usefulness of rifle clubs as a -\aluable auxiliary to the Defence Forces of the colony. Colonel Collins, who commanded the Bisley team, in " responding, referred to the high position (third) New Zealanders occupied last year in the contest for the Mackinnon Cup. Other countries competing had a large number of men present to choose from, while New Zealand had only the requisite number (12) at Bi«ley. Tho team for Bisley is not likely to be chosen for some days, but those who were in the lead at tho end of the match foe the King's Prize arc being communicated! with, asking if they could mske the journey if selected. Tho dozen to go may be among tho following:— Milroy and Irvine (Nelson), H. and G. Hawthorne (Wellington), Dru'mmond (Dannevirke), Skinner (Auckland), W. Loveday (Mauriceville), Randell (Petonc), Hendry (Opaki), Jack (Christchurch), M'Kenzie (Oamaru), Pearson (Timaru), C. Craw (Chorlton), and Brown (Waihi). Those who are regarded as unlikely to make the trip if chosen are nofc included in tho above. Colonel Collins is almost certain to again go in charge of tho team. A ChrUtehurch bookseller states that American works of fiction are meeting wifh a largo demand in this colony. He snvs that colonials understand tho phases of life depicted by American author* and like the bright style in which the book* are written. Tho survey staff of the Public Works Depaitment has been instructed to make surveys of several s>tes m Canterbury that are considered suitable for water supply purposes, so a& to o;iable estimates to be made A commoncciiHMit has beon made on tho Claience liner. Ink.c Coleridge aftcss wauls be dealt with,.