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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 35, 10 February 1920, Page 5

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(Received 10.40 a.m.) LADY SWIMMERS. SYDNEY, this day. In the ladies' swimming championships the hundred , yards breaststrokt championship resulted: E. Venning 1, M". Wylie 2, M. Grant 3. .Won by ten yards. Time, 1.31. The 220 yards championship resulted: Fanny Durack 1, L. Beaurepaire 2, E, Venning 3. Won by twenty-five yards, Time, 3.3 2-5.—(A. and X.Z. Cable') TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. MELBOURNE, this day. Exhibition games were played at Geelong between the English Davis Cup team and leading Australian players. In the doubles Patterson and Hawkes defeated Kingscote and Beamish, C—2, li—3, fi—3. Patterson and O'llara Wood defeated Kingscote and Lowe, o—3, 7 —i>, li—3. In the singles Lowe defeated O'llara Wood, 7-5, 0-4.—(A. and X.Z.) MUNICIPAL COAL MINE. SYDNEY, this day. The City Council has decided (o purjhase a coal mine to provide fuel for municipal undertakings.—(A. and X.Z.) BREMEN KELEASED. SYDNEY, this day. All the Bremen's influenza eases are convalescent, and the steamer has been released from quarantine.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) A STRANGLED INDUSTRY. SYDXEY, this day. ■ The management of the Newncs Shale Oil industry lias announced that «s a result of the miners striking thirteen weeks ago the industry was crippled and as there arc no signs of the men returning they must close down. So far the miners have lost £28,000 in wages.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) NEW NAVIGATION ACT. SYDNEY, this day. Under tho new Navigation Act, which comes into operation on March 2, no overseas liners will be permitted to i.miy pa-sengers between CommonTcaltb ports—(A. and N.Z. CaMe.)