RIFLE-SHOOTING.
WHY AMERICA WON THE PALMA TROPHY.
ENGLAND AGAIN ADVISED TO WAKE UP.
United Press Association—Copyright Received September 10, 0.41 a.m. OTTAWA, September 9. Major Marshall, captain of tluAustralian team :\t- the Cali-adiu.n Rifle meeting, at a dinner prior to the departure of the teams, summed up America’s victory in the Palma Trophy match by saying that the men, rifles, and sights were a little better, and the ammunition a good deal better, than the other teams. Tlie Governments of Great Britain. Canada, and Australia should place riflemen on equal terms with tho best hum in the world, but thev did net Ho appealed to tho British riflemen to wake up the Homo authorities when they returned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2181, 10 September 1907, Page 2
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