LONG RANGE SHOOTING
CONDITIONS PERFECT
NATIONAL RIFLE MEETING
(Pur Prnss Association.* TBKNTHAM. this day. Long range shooting for the < hainpionship I'.ell is taking [dace al the National Hillo Association's meeting at Treniham to-day. The conditions were perfect, and in the Auckland match, which was tired this morning, nine possibles were made at 800yds. and three at 900yds. Three marksmen mad.e 99 for the' two ranges, 11. 11. Hind /(Sub-; nibs), 11. I!. Croxton (Karori), and .1. I. King (Karori), who were placed first. second, and third respectively. The Australian aggregate for the highest scores in the Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland matches was won by .1. I. King with 241. 1.. K, Rrathw'aite (Ukawa) was second with 239.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18960, 10 March 1936, Page 6
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117LONG RANGE SHOOTING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18960, 10 March 1936, Page 6
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