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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1934
Page
2
The report covers a rifle match with scores, participants, and a forthcoming official shoot. It notes October results, individual scores by competitors, and mentions a birthday program with cash and trophy values. The piece references New South Wales and Vietnam contexts and warns the event may exceed expectations.
Fourteen members from the st Wattery Rite Club visited Berhune ra a the week enst and fired on anteroin match with the Hethunera Rifle Clan. Conditions were seven shots With two eighters at 309 yards range. The best ten scores from act Club are counted In he match. Weather conditions were very pre war for shooting and a very enjoy able day was count by both Clubs. Dianer was provised to the visitors by the home club at the Bethingray Hotel. The match resulted in a slim for the visitors by a very small margin of eight points their scoreg being 30 at 300 yards and 41g points at 600 yards, an aggregate of 7AS points against Bethungia's oe at 300 yards and 208 at Bod, ag gregate total of 6d points. The Most individual aggregate scores over the two ranges were put Up by WW, Meonail 76 points, R. Bolton
Fragmentary OCR lists names A Pitman and TP Wesson with scores and a sequence of numbers 40 600. Mentions deluxe items and a point total 85. References McDonald and Western Towns, with garbled lines about a press and morning edition.
The government outlines a £1,000,000 canal and dam project to irrigate a vast area. The Yurrawones Weir is estimated at £480,000 and the Mulwala canal at £1,000,000. The Hume dam will create a massive reservoir, with 6300 yards of dam length and water backing up the Murray and Mitta regions for decades.
Mrs A W Doel set a Lockhart club record by buying 40 pigeons at a shooting event on Wednesday. The outing featured Doel and several participants as the club showcased accuracy, with two winners cited in the results.
The Railwaye Department estimates 988 760 acres for wheat sowing in the Juney railwaye district, down 16 482 acres from last year. Numerous district figures listed include Lockhart 88 000 acres, Rand 4 000, Fermiele 12 000, Kywong 44 500, Groene Grove 26 000, Corobimitia 20 000, and many others, with the biennial Water Trust re-electing J A Patterson and colleagues.
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