EMPIRE RIFLE SHOOTING .
NEW ZEALANDERS FOURTH. (United Cross Association —By KUxiric lclsirrapb Copyright.) \ (Australian Cress Association.) ‘ LONDON, April 6. * The King’s Empire trophy immature 1 • rilie shooting resulted in South Africa gaining first place with an average of i T 0 .9 points out of a possible 100. Can- - ada was second with 77.6, Great Britain third with 71.7 and New Zealand fourth ( with 61.5. Australia did not qualify. J There were only 2592 New Zealand entries, compared with South Africa s l 12,500. Canada won 234 medals for in- j i dividual scores of over 9/ and. Australia j J Hamilton (Canada) won the Imperial i Challenge Shield with an average of < i 99.21. Australia has 11 in the honours ■list, the best being R. AN R Launceston, sixth with 95.28, R.A.N.R. Fremantle, nineteenth with 90.32. New Zealand has eight honours the best being D Company, Fourth Auckland Regiment, fifty-third with 82.2. _ The report expresses disappointment, at Australia’s failure to qualify, also the decline in the New Zealand entries.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 April 1929, Page 3
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