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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2056, 26 May 1896, Page 2

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T ifiH wiy viny b»d w.-.aili-r on Riturday bi Sytn-y, -nil tie* New Z inlander*. ~h win be hhhd, o muh off -eoond best. INTEUOJLONIAL FuUi. OAU'D CHAMPIONSHIP. D h'hoc. uiiiiiit two iniieß and ■> qn PnZ'.-r fnmgoid rneda'e, and oi.e silfHi meilal tor tht. coxawHio. Viit"'a .. .. ••• l NVwZalnd 2 N. w South Whl«s 3 The Qi fiisUnd en>w, whiVh h>d aUo ntt-red, withdrew a few days «ko.

The ciews were mm! .uvyy yhout four ,»'.-l<>ck. after one f-d-e ft .at, in wtdch VA-toU ..nd N-w Ziiland hr.ke away, Kv.-nu Hy 'b" t>ree crews „'t iWJiy well toy the', New Z "tlaitd and Vi t'Hi forgii.B t' 111-- iron' in ilie f-irly -uioolh WiiU-r w.icll pl'-V.-iied b"t. Weei'.' t ; :H r-1 ,»i Irt tC pofll kll < I AliliO'H'cird A"tr the 'at " prriiiC w;.ft eii'MU-d, -Hjutile ens j r-dii t.-'i tor the-Vif-■j;,ri->'i- i<i 'tie ri>n_b water "whioh was met, on t'K-it shun., eleiie s-t ekes took 'heir boat :i_ it y ov. r 'he wi'--'ih, while t : t« longer -••.f.p of lie Ne.«- Z.».-Coders, loge/her vi h Ii i-ervy w >_lo of t'"' en-w. cmv-d item iii i.i (mr ;:..n-i I yin if.c bnkeir •v t-<. A : to ft -iie-i rejie'i-ahie inri'lr.'jii uico-rei. .-be '.unl -t"t t.' the Viet, ri an • ii. i (b>vs-ii •.,(! ihe. N-«- Z.yl'urid boat, und ir.ui-ii.u' a foo'. The had fl -111:! si 1,-ni) .0 th.-. tni'\ but nei'ber boat -flipped Ff"ii 'lie start it w>is clearly -een 'ha' lire New S.-.uMi Wales men were h ,p..|- ou oi.'KM'.'d nod the r cc resolved itself i tri tuitle royal but ween the two vi-iiing crewa. Thd Viotonms, who were rowing bertiiiifijl'y ar.d with magnificent cmMti t •.!), ken' j irt "head ot tlie other iioni, ihe N-w Z -.iriodt-r-' going ail they knew tv keep ().. leim-i. OfJE (Jobarita the Vieio'ini'H h-id «'t>*diHhed ft lend of nearly n ii-n-j'h hit an Tin ■-oil w-s reached the M (~il.iioof«spiirieri,imd s tiough the Vic-rori-ms d, the forniiu were drawing up on ibein every r-troke, when what looked like « crab tipoilrio the effoit and the cmv fell b .ek. Short I }* afterwards the "New Zilandeis {nit in anoihcr challenge, but it wns ol no nv.il, nnd tho D.srk Bluph. rowing b iiutifiiily k.-p ihe'r lead. At Mortl:rke the New Z-olino-rs were steered an emetic course, anil e."t into the wash of Ihe Viurorianb' bo.t, ri'.'shttie under lh.-s3 conditions. Time, 12min 32rec. The general opin ; on i* that tee Victorians were io U'me frrr t'icr foul by getting in'o the Nrtw Z alqnoiW water. Tl)8 latter entered a protest immediHte'y «t the conclusion of the men. but it- w»b dis-i_.is-.ud by the nuip'ie.. who held tbat both crews were in fault, that N«w Z-ih-land lind plenty of room fo give w«y to rho otl er bo-t and Ilia', in his opinion. Ihe fou. wns not of r-uffident consequence to p.ffeitthn remit. The draw tor positions was iiitidd'ed- New Z al-md should have gone from the centre, hcoy in ft 1 ad of ihe northern one. Both the New South Wales nrwl Vioiouan being to windward, had (he be.t posit'ons ir; rhe wind which wa. blo.ving. The New Z-aUuiders ei-dui th'i-t the foul caused ihem io take in » I qn unity of watrr, iini whrfti th'-y finished t'teir bost wns lollA In t'e face of these rircumt .ne.es h.y are ctiiiifengiug fie Vhtoiians t> uiivfre race over again Timel2udn32sec.

Intercolonial Sculling Championship. D'r-t'tiic, turee udles P.ize- a gold medal. M. J. Slack (Qceennlmd) 1 J. L. B-nnb-t-" (New 8 mth Wnle«) ... 2 H. M.Cormick(New Z ahmd) ... 3 E. Powell (Victoria) also start d 1 Thin evct.t t»»k place almo't in the dark. MeCorriiir-k and Powell tt-rered » wretched coop-e, the former going almost fit right angles t-r the proper course, which caused him to io*e qui'e a hundred yards in the finu mile. When Chicken B»y was roHched Powell gn~e up but MeG orroh k persevered over the distance. Slack led from the sturr. and won easily by five lengths from who wns a couple of lor dred yard* in front of the New Zealander. Time, 2dmin 24«e0.