AT THE SHOW.
HIGH CLASS WRESTLING
At the Show Grounds during show days, i;i a huge marquee, -will be held a series of wrestling contests promoted by those two well-ltnown showmen, Afrikander Dave T. Meekin, wild animal trainer, and Perce Lonnon", -who, in Australia, is well known us one oi the promoters ot boxing and wrestling in the outdoor field. Incidentally it was in Perce Lennon's tent on the MaitlanH Show Ground in 1912 that the famous Les Darcy received his first tuition. These two showmen arrived only recently on the Aorangi from Australia with a 'roup® of Australian and international wrestlers, inch'.ded in which is Anton Koolman, tho Finnish middle-weight champijn wrestler, who, during the show, will undertake to defeat all-comers, irrespective of weight; also Phil Benson, the Melbourne light-weipht; Jack Wilson, the Kew Zealander; T„en Milburn, a good heavy-weight wrestler, who lia.is from Tasmania; and the Flying Dutchman from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20083, 12 November 1930, Page 16
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154AT THE SHOW. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20083, 12 November 1930, Page 16
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