Good Shooting By N.Z. Cadets
'y • LONDON, May 11. New Zealand is to be lieartily congl'atulated on having wop four of tbe rmperial tropliies: Senior Imperial bhield, Junior Sliield, Earl Jellicoe bword and Lord Milner Trophy, ' ' states a report of the National Rifle Associktion, on competitions • held in 1947. ,'The Senior Sliield was won by the Squt liland Boys' High School with a tqtal score of 97.3. Second place was taken by Christ's College Cadets, with' 9p.2. .. The1'5?itniorl'^hield was won by the Helensville District High School with 9|1.1. Third place was Hlled by Christ's College Cadets. Howick District High School Cadets won Earl . Ilaig 's Sword with 93.1. Second were Roxburgh High School Cadets with 93. The Lord Milner Trophy was won by Southland Boys ' High School with 97.3. Helensville District High School scored 93.1. Southland Boys' High School Cadets also won the trophy presented by Earl Jellicoe when Governor-General. Distinction in this competition was gained by Christ's College Cadets with 95.2, Helensville District High School with 93.15, Howick .District High School Cadets 93ily ' .Roxburgh : High Schqol Cadets '93/ .1;. New Zealand won more silver and bronze medals "than UJiy. other Empire Country: Tliirty silver medals, awarded for all scoring 100 pomts or 97 and upWards if the Government .22 ritfe is used, and„J6 jnedals- for all scoring 99 poinfs or 96 if the Governiireitt 722-lifle" ia\viised. Great ' Britain won 14. silxer and - -7 bronze, South Africa 9 silver and 25 bronze. •'
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 May 1948, Page 3
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