A RIFLE TEAM FOR BESLEY.
'•;' ,-. .!*, ,- ,* -■ '-. ■■_■;■_ • '•=- [Peb Press Assoctahon,] . . , WELLINGTON, July 31. It is un-derefcood-^ha-b-a sum will be--placed ©it tbe Siippfeme_te_y Estimates to be de■voted tOtwards the cost of. sending ;J_- -team of New Zealand nuirksmen to the Bisky meeting next year. " Colonel Penton has agreed to take oharge of the proposal to Bend a team. He intends to- cable Home at once for a dozen of Eraser's marksman's rifles, so thafc the men selected to represent the colony may have an opportunity of practising with them before leaving. The ■idea is to send twelve men. The seven highest aggregates at the nert meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association a,re to have the first right to iorm part of the team.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6552, 1 August 1899, Page 4
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121A RIFLE TEAM FOR BESLEY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6552, 1 August 1899, Page 4
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