THE COMING CONTESTS
-v.-V .(By ,t«leßra'ph.) ; . , :■ '.'.:. (S(weial-t«i:"/rh8 Evening Post.") - ■;CPBi^STCHtIECH, This' Day.; The-'T^itjnfe^BlTtsjheii'.fqr-'-th'e Sanders Cup' will be given a'civic reception one Friday' night . The Wingatui, from Auckland, via Wellingiony this m morning brought the Auckland representative, ttie I'4-footer Bona, in addition to. .three' boats for the Takapuna class, wh'uih;. have been lent "to the Canterbury'Tracht Club for the Cornwell Cujv contest.'. The Avalon-was out for a trial;spiii in the outer "harbour yesterday." - The Southland yacht, the Murihiku;lJr,'is expected tb-'day. - • The firm of Messrs. Walker and Hall, of Auckland,' donors !of the Sanders Cup, have . objected■■•• strongly to. the suggestion: that the- present system of eliminating the losing boats should be abandoned and that the points system, enabling: all boats to remain in the contest, should •be substituted. ...
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 11
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127THE COMING CONTESTS Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 11
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