The Weekly Graphic and N.Z. Mail.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS AT THE NAVAL AND MILITARY TOURNAMENT IN LONDON.
The Naval and Military Tournament opened at Olympia last month attracted huge crowds. and one of the displays which attracted most interest was the competition for teams of bluejackets, equipped as landing parties, with 12-poumler tield guns. The guns were handled with wonderful dexterity by the men. and there was keen rivalry among the teams as to who would be quickest in getting the heavy guns and carriages over tin* fences and walls which had to be negotiated. (1) The march past of the various teams. (2) I low the guns and their carriages were lifted bodily over the obstacles on the course.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, 10 July 1912, Page 17
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123The Weekly Graphic and N.Z. Mail. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, 10 July 1912, Page 17
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