HIGH-SPEED SAWING

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 58, 2 December 1930, Page 7

HIGH-SPEED SAWING

World’s Record to N.Z. AXEMEN’S CARNIVAL By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. 5.5 p.m., Hobart, December 1,) The axemen’s carnival was concluded at Ulverstone on Saturday, when great public interest was taken in the championship events, in which New Zealand and Australian axemen took part. The Hopetoun Cup for the world’s championship standing chop was won for the third time by R. Radford (Tasmania), who narrowly beat L. Appo, of Sydney. There was a great surprise when the Fraser brothers, of New Zealand, sawed brilliantly, and won the double-handed sawing. Results of finals: —

Single-handed sawing championship (eighteen inches): S. Turnbull (Tasmania), 1; E. Turnbull (Tasmania), 2; Blanks (New Zealand), 3. Time, 3min. 43 2-ssec.

Nichols "Handicap (twelve inch standin? block): Sullivan, 1; Phillips, 2; Cheshire, 3. Time, 30 2-ssec.

Tasmanian Centenary Cup (standing chop of four feet): Weston (Victoria), 1; Hunter (New Zealand), 2; Phillips, 3. Time, 57sec.

Braddon Championship (double-hand-ed sawing): H. and A. Fraser (New Zealand), 1; W. Turnbull and Walker (Tasmania), 2; S. G."Turnbull and E.

Turnbull (Tasmania}, 3. Won by a second in sixteen and four-fifths seconds—a world’s record.

This was_ the greatest contest ever seen in The New Zealanders won amid unparalleled excitement. Hamilton Cup underhand championship (fifteen inches): Appo (New South Wales), 1; Pont (New Zealand), 2; Ackers (New Zealand), 3. Time, 32 4-ssec.

Hopetoun Cup for world’s championship (standing twelve inch chop): Radford (Tasmania), l; ! Appo (New South Wales), 2; Miley (Victoria), 3. Time, 17 l-ssec.