MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING
KING'S TROPHY
(United Press Association—By Elcctrio Telegraph—Copyright)
LONDON, 29th March
South Africa witn an average of 03.2 points won the King's trophy in the Empire miniature rifle shooting. Canada came second with 80.25, Britain third with 69.16 and New Zealand fourth with 66.49. Australia did not qualify.
JUVENILE COMPETITION
SYDNEY, 30th March
New Zealand established a record for the dominions with an entry of 13,147 boys in the King's Prize miniature rifle shooting competition. Australia had 2370 entrants. Sixteen Australians and thirteen New Zealanders won. medals for scores of 97 or higher. The Dominion had ten units, all Aucklanders, headed by the Auckland Grammar School, thirteenth among the Empire's best hundred
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 March 1930, Page 5
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