KANGAROO DRIVE

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 June 1935, Page 2

KANGAROO DRIVE

SHOOT FROM SPEEDING CARS

SYDNEY, June 3

A kangaroo drive took place to-day at Mr. John Goughian’s Kerrabury Station, 135 miles downstream from Wagga.

Owing to the hordes of kangaroos on the holding, which is 40,000 acres in extent, Mr. Goughian invited a number of shooters to spend King’s Birthday at Kerrabury, and, as a result, parties in about 18 motor cars from Wagga, Sydney, and Melbourne converged at Kerrabury last night. This morning groups of shooters were selected, and the drive began at 9 o’clock, the idea being for the groups to converge at a place where, kangaroos were expected in large, numbers.

One section of cars got out of direction, and the kangaroos broke cover earlier than the shooters had planned. ■When the chase was in full cry, the cars dashing across country at 50 or 60 miles an hour, with the men aboard shooting at kangaroos, made an exciting spectacle. James Corbett, of Wagga was credited with the most spectacular shot, bringing down a large fox while the car was travelling at 60 miles an hour. The kangaroo drive was varied by fox-hunting and chases after emus. A woman driver, Mrs. O. Minty, expertly handled a car at 50 miles an hour while! the shooters pounded tr>e flying kangaroos. " 1

When the shooters returned to camp a check showed that about 100 kangaroos, two emus, and .several foxes were killed. The party comprised about 50 guns.

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