RIFLE SHOOTING
INTERNATIONAL MATCH ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA TO COMPETE [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, February 9. Teams representing England, South Africa,, and New Zealand will compete in an international rifle shooting match to be fired at Trentham on February 24. The event will be an important one in the history of New Zealand marksmanship, for it will be the first occasion that representative rifle shooting teams from England and South Africa have visited the Dominion. The two visiting teams, each consisting of 13 men, are at present in Sydney for a special rifle shooting meeting which has been arranged as part of the sesquicentenary celebrations. They will arrive at Wellington by the Awatea on February 21, and will compete at the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Rifle Association to be held at Trentham on February 23. The international teams’ match will be fired the following day over 300, 500, 600, 800, and 900 yards. The British team will leave for England by the Akaroa on February 26, Jnit the South Africans will bo competitors at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, which is to be commenced on February 25.
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Evening Star, Issue 22879, 10 February 1938, Page 6
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192RIFLE SHOOTING Evening Star, Issue 22879, 10 February 1938, Page 6
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