THE GISBORNE RIFLE CLUB.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3602, 15 August 1912, Page 5

THE GISBORNE RIFLE CLUB.

FIRST GENERAL MEETING TO-

NIGHT.

WHY IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED

\.s the establishment and well-be-i„<r of a rifle club is an essential feature of the defence of the l o—it should receive tlie n hole-heartea .support of everyone who gives tlie oefence of the country more than pastin'/thought. A good deal of interest should centre round the Gisborne Haflc Club which, it may have been noted, will bold its first general meeting m Wootton’s Dooms to-night. _ t;,, far as tlie new organisation is voicerned tb* vmmter*. d mentioned, lu.ve pm in "lot have received nldent> oi ensvoika ft rbeir well-meant ercouragement m then • f forts to their duty as citizens of the Dominion. , The committee has gone to a m'uat deal of trouble in order to make the Club a live one —the rifles are waiting in the store, a range has been secured for the forthcoming season, and a .mod working executive of experienced shooting men has been gathered together, while already a number of valuable prizes bare been offered to encourn < r o sliooti nf-T, winch, from if" nemss’tv ‘ from a national standpoint, is one of the most fasemiitin" sports we have. We trust that the meeting to-night will bo well attended.