RIFLE SHOOTING.
SCHOOLS OF EMPIRE. VICTORY FOR AN INDIAN TEAM. (lit TUI.EGIiAI'II—ritESS ASSOCIATION—COPXIUUUT.) London, April 12. Tho shooting for the Prineo .of Wales' Cup, in connection with the Schools of the Empire competition, showed a marked improvement all round. Tiio Cup was won by the Lawrence Military Asylum, India, The leading scorers wero: — Lawrence Military Asylum ... .510 Dover 509 Melbourne was third, and Wanganui was fourth. Britain was eighteenth. LAWRENCE MILITARY ASYLUM. The Lawrence Military Asylum, is a largo orphanage founded in memory of Sir Henry Lawrence, and is located at Lovedale, about three miies from Ootacamund, on the Nijghiri Hills. There would be between 400 and 500 orphan lads attending this school, rind military drill and rille shooting are. given great attention. The school furnishes the crack company of the Nilghiri Volunteer Regiment. The school was opened in the 'sixties. This is the fifth year of. the Schools- of Empire match. Last year it was won by the Brisbane Grammar School, which nlso won it in the first year. The leading scorers last year were: Brisbane Grammar School 490 Grcsham School, England dSS
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 481, 14 April 1909, Page 7
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184RIFLE SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 481, 14 April 1909, Page 7
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