RIFLE SHOOTING.
NO TEAM TO GO HOME. Pza PKXSft A&SOCIaTIOX. WELLINGTON, May 14. The chairman of the National Rifle Association (Mr H. .Marshall) states teat it has been found dmpossible to secure ' a team to uphoM Now Zealand at the Empire Rifle Meeting in July nest. The grant kindly offered by the Government, and appreciated by the Association. wa6 £•1000. As the cost of each man's passage would run well into three figures, even with the grant and apart from lost pay, the majority of those asked found that they could not afford to go. As those who were unable.to make the trip comprised Simmonds, Neilson. West. Roots. Masefield. Croxton, L. Loveday, Hunt. James, Feast. E. Ballinger, H. Donald Bla-ekvrood and Duncan. it was obvious, said Mr Marshall, that any team going would not be a truly representative one. The only men prepared to accept positions in the team wero Niehol, J-ipcr, Veale. Gillick, Bolton and Mills, and disappointment was naturally felt in rifle shooting circles.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 11
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166RIFLE SHOOTING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 11
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