OPAKI WINS
j (By "Snider.") The morning broke with sunshine, And never a sign of rain ; For there was rifle shooting Far out on the Upper Plain. The pick of the great Wairarapa Many rili omen, gosd to see; ! All armed and ready for the fray. With the reliable .303. j At 500 yards, said Matthews, You'll hear the bullets "sing i Opaki has hopes for a possible I With Hyde and R. J. King. j These are men of experience, J Who had crossed an ocean's foam, j And tried, to wrest a championship From the Isles we still call Home. George took aim for his sighter. And quickly found the line; Then rattled on nine bullies. With a score of 49. "What ()," the match is over; Round his arm he wraps the sling; The target sho.ws the possible,! "All hail" our champion King. . | Good solid oak and mahogany, ' Or. lie who repairs a gun ; Those are the men who did it — That's how Opaki won.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10711, 15 October 1912, Page 6
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167OPAKI WINS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10711, 15 October 1912, Page 6
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