Volunteer Notes.
' (By "Scout."J Lieutenant Hooker has resigned his ■ position in the. Taranaki Rifles. Lieutenant Hooker has twenty - seven 1 years' service. twenty-five of which has been spent in the Taranaki Rifles. When the telephone has been installed the work on the range' will be finished. Five targets will be provided, the trench having been extended to take that number, and in addition will, also accommodate a x trench officers' shelter artel other nee-; essary conveniences. s The target shed has been altered and will, hold a sufficient stock of targets for all purposes. The trench and, , shed .have \beenwfenced' to prevent damage being done by or to. cattle. One of the tar- j gets to be provided will be *on ■ the' j principle of those used at Bisley, i.c, j a sash target and dummy with no framework above thegroxmd. , The firing points have been extended to accommodate a large number of competitors. The work has been done by prison labour obtained by DUv Smith, M.H.R. .
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12169, 19 January 1903, Page 3
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167Volunteer Notes. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12169, 19 January 1903, Page 3
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