ELTHAM AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 7

ELTHAM AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.

.—» . — [BY TBLEGEAPn.—rBESS ASSOCIATION.] New Plymouth, December 27. 1 '.Tho seventh championship Axemen's Carnival at Eltham opened yesterday, and wa3 very successful. Ovor four thousand attended, aiid the takings amounted to over £200. Notablo absentees wcro D. Pretty, ■Con. Casey, and C. Hutton, but thoir absence made tho ovonts more open. Large fields, contested most of the events. The re-sults-were as-, follow:— Maiden Chop, 15 inch blocks.—Final: G. Murray, 1; I'. Domain, 2; J. Hall, 3. Twenty-seven competed. Time, lmin. 18sec. .Double-handed Sawing Championship ..of Australasia.—Joliansen and Johnson, 1; Morrison and Benbow, 2; Mattson Bros., 3. Nine pairs competed. Time, 2osec. Now Zealand Champion Chop; 2ft. standing blocks. —Esau Pretty, 1; G. M'Cauley, 2; G- Morrison, 3; W. Schishka, 4. Two othors started. Time,'4min. 31 3-ssec. Underhand Hamdicap; 18in. logs; of £50. —Final: M. C. Andreson, 40scc., 1; D. Johnston, 40scc., 2;' E. Pretty, 22sec., 3; J. Craig; 35sec., 4. Thirty-five competed. Timo, lmin. 48sec. Single Sawing Handicap.—J. Hartnell, ssccs., 1; C. Volyke, scr., 2; G. Morrison, 20sec., 3. Eight competed. Largo fields started in the cycling events. Tho principal races wero won by A. E. Parkes, tho scratch man. , To-day tho final for tlio Cup proved a very koon contest. Wost was very consistent, and put in some lusty strokes. Hutton was as preciso as usual, but ho was giving away too much. During tho afternoon tho officials wero called upon to decide, a protest by Morrison against West's chopping, in tho Cup. It was alleged ho had taken a downward stroko on tho top of tho log to start with. The log showed that, a chip had eomo off somehow, but tho official who was watching Yvest was positive ho had not infringed the rule. Tho protest was dismissed, but tho monoy refunded. Thoro wcro only thrco starters in tho underhand championship, and Hutton's chances wore spoiled by a tough log. Ho finished a long way behind. In the first heat of singlehanded sawing Morrison won in 37 2-sscc., but tho final tiino was poorer. Now Zealand Axomon's Cup, of £140, Standing Block sft. Girth: —Final: T. West, Dannevirko, 40sec.. 1; G. Morrison, Raetihi, 3550 c., 2; W. Schischka, Raglan, 35sec., 3; C. Hutton,' Taihapo, 22scc., 4; M. C. Androson, 40sec., 5; G. M'Cauley, 3osec., 6; J. Jackson, 48sec., 7; H. Egan, 40sec., 8. Time, 6min. 7scc. World's Underhand Championship, ISiii. logs;— John Craig, Southland, 1; H. Egan, Taihapo, 2; C. Hutton, Taihapo, 3. Time, lmin. 54seo: .Maiden Single-handed Sawing Contest, 18 in logs:—J. Mattson, 1; D. Johnson, 2; J. Walker, 3. Timo, 40seo. Singlo-handed Sawing Championship of New Zoaland, 2ft. logs:—J. Hartnett,' Taihapo, 1; W. Wooton, Upper Hutt, 2; G. M'Cauley, Eltham, 3. liartnott put up the magnificent time ,of lmin. 18sec., thus beating tho Now Zoaland record of lmin. 18 2-ssec. Tho rccord is subject to the wood being measured by the officials of tho Association. Maiden Double-hand Sawing, 18in. logs:— Torroy Bros., 1; J. Hon re. and Dillon, 2; Nowstroski Bros., 3. Timo, 15 2-sscc. Visitors' Handicap:—J. Ncal, 20sec., 1; W. Mitchell, ISsec., 2; G. Erickson, 2Uscc., 3. Time, lmin. 17 l-ssco. Tho account which we publish of tho Roumanian emigrants now passing through, London is something much more than a disgr.nio to Rouinania. It amounts to a European scandal. Hero are a number of pcoplo sound in body—their physical condition wou tlio eulogy of the doctor who examinod them— without a blemish on their character, who sro driven from their villages for no other reason than that, they aro Jews. These expulsions aro sheer hate run mad. —"Jewish Cbroniclo "