EMPIRE DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 80, 24 March 1908, Page 4

EMPIRE DAY

■ INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE COMPETI- ( TION, Ihe over-seas edition of the Daily ■ Mail lias, with the assistance of several l lille clubs and associations in different ; parts of the world, inaugurated an iu- , ter-eolonial Empire Day rille competition, to be shot o;i .May 24th and on succeeding Empire Days. The contest has aroused lively interest iu all parts of the Empire, and alr«<ly s ome 85 rille associations ha.-_' signified their intention of competing Canada will be represented by no less that 40 teams from all parts of the Dominion, from British Columbia to Nova Scotia: while entries have also been made from Newfoundland, the Channel islands, India, Straits Settlement, British West Indies, Cape Colony, Natal. Rhodesia, Uganda, British Honduras! Australia, and New Zealand. It is anticipated by the 24th every section of the British Empire will be represented. A liftv-guinea challenge cup will be presented by the Over-seas Daily .Mail, Car. melite House, Loudon, England. .Messages of approval of the scheme have been received from Field-Marshall Lord Roberts, Field-Marshall Sir Evelvn Wood, General Sir John French, and Major-General Lord Cheylesmore. Lord Roberts has written as follows concerning the movement:—••Anything that tends to draw closer the tie'- that unite the colonies to eaeli oilier and to the Mother Country should lie encouraged, more especially a competition llKe this where th# weapon is one the attainment of skill iu the use of which by all good citizens will do much to strengthen the defences of the Empire. I wish tha competition all success and hope its scope may be enlarged year by year." The conditions of the contest are as follows:—Ranges, 2UO, 500 and 000 yds; rounds, the sighting shot at each range -seven scoring shots; position, an/ ivitli head to target; team, eight highest scores on day of the match to count as .1 tea 111. Readers desiring further particulars should communicate with the Editor. Over-sea s Daily Mail, London. England.