THE FEDERAL RIFLE MEETING.
(Received January ,11th,' 8.21 p.m.)
SYDNEY, January 11. The shooting to-day was very in and ou-fe. Owing to the high wind it was difficult to hold on to ths target. Robinson and Loveday of New Zealand obtained £3 each in the Queen Victoria match, and Ingpert, Tobin, Cox, J. Wilson, and Robinson £1 each. In the Hopetoun match Robinson, who stood pretty well in the Queen Victoria aggregate, had a. bit of bad luck at 900 yards. 'Hia stock worked loose, and he did not notice it, with the result that he got only nine noints. Loyeday mistook his range in tlie Roberts match, and broke up. In the New South Walts match, Scott, of New iktuth Wales, and Carter, of Victoria, tied with 49. Dodds won £2 with 46. Robinson fired well in the Robert., match, putting on 30 and 31 at 700 aud 800 yawls..
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10863, 12 January 1901, Page 7
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