RIFLE SHOOTING.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING. INCREASE IN PRIZES. (Per/ Press Association.) WELLLnCTON, August 4. I At a meeting of the Executive Council ol | the Dominion Rifle Association, Colonel Col- | lins referred to the proposed drastic change I in the association’s constitution, and said the Defence Department was desirous of encouraging rifle shooting, and this could be best done by maintaining tho Dominion Rifle Association under its present constitution as a separate and distinct unit. A team would represent the Commonwealth at the next meeting at Trentham. It was also expected that both Victoria and New South Wales would be well represented. The first prize in each match would be increased to £lO, and the others raised proportionally, the total in each match being £122. The Bisley and Trentham aggregate prize lists are increased to £IOO each. The date of the next association meeting is March 2.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16495, 4 August 1921, Page 8
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