THE FLEET.
MEN PREFER SELF ENTERTAINMENT. MORE ACCIDENTS. . (BT IELEGBAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) Melbourne, September 4. A rifle match between United States Fleet and Melbourne Rifle Club teams (15 a-side) resulted:' Americans ... ... '1414 Melbourne Clubs ... ... 1379 Corporal Farquharson, of the battleship Connecticut, won the Challenge Cup presented by New Zealand riflemen. ' ' ' Fifteen .thousand of the .Commonwealth forces, and 2500 American participated in the review yesterday. Tho weather was fine, and there were 50,000 spectators. The Commonwealth Government provided a dinner in the night in tho Exhibition building for 3000 men of the fleet) but only seven entered an appearance. In connection with this and several other functions, the visitors have shown, a preference :for. entertaining.j themselves, inj -their own way-to being entertained, jw'", '■ ' v,r ' A bandsman belonging to tho battleship Vermont fell under a moving train and was killed. ' ' Another of,tho Vermont's crew fell out of a moving train, and had his skull fractnred.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 294, 5 September 1908, Page 5
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152THE FLEET. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 294, 5 September 1908, Page 5
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