SUPPLY OF SPARROWS RUNS OUT
Shooting Match Abandoned
NORTH ISLAND TITLE
Dominion Special Service.
Masterton, June 23.
A remarkable situation developed at the North Island sparrow-shooting championship held to-dav by the Masterton Gun Club. When the championship was about half-way through the supply of sparrows ran out, and as 42 competitors were left with nothing to shoot at, the club had perforce to abandon the match and refund the entry fees. It is stated that the championship has been definitely abandoned for this year. Thirty-eight competitors competed in a £1 sweepstake of 18 clays. The following eight competitors shot the possible and took £3/16/- each: —J. Dunlop, C. Seddon, S. Glennie, C. E. Grey, W. H, Saunders, 11. Smyth, K. Ingley and J. Gallagher.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 229, 24 June 1936, Page 5
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124SUPPLY OF SPARROWS RUNS OUT Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 229, 24 June 1936, Page 5
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