RIFLE SHOOTING
■♦ - LONDON, October 22. Natal won tli« Lord Roberts trophy with a score of 498. England was second with 451, Australia third with 436, New I Zealand fourth with 431, Queensland fifth with 412. England "won tli2 Heath trophy with ' 562. Avctialia A\as second with 812, and I the South Island of New Zealand fourth with 736. The oducation and defence authorities in oach of the oversea dominions are entitled ] to conjointly enfr one team of schoolboys ; to compete annually for "Eearl Roberto's tjophy for British Imperial echoclboy cßmpetition, which has nean fi.ved to take place locally between January and August- The conditions are : Seven shots and a sigtoter at 200y<U and 500yd6, and the competitors , must not be more than 16 years of age. The entrance fee is £1 Is.
j — In some Australian towns jewellers let engagement rings out on. hire.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2850, 28 October 1908, Page 19
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144RIFLE SHOOTING Otago Witness, Issue 2850, 28 October 1908, Page 19
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