NEW ZEALAND AXEMEN

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 132, 2 December 1930, Page 18

NEW ZEALAND AXEMEN

WIN MANY CONTESTS

United Press .Association— &y Electric Tele-i .' ' . graph—Copyright. - HOBAB.T, 30th November.. The 'axemen's 'carnival concluded at Ulverston'e on Satin-day, when great public interest was taken in the championship/ events, in which New . Zealand and Australian axemen took part. ■ The ilopctoun Cup, i'or world's championship • standing chop, was wou foi" the' third time by I!.. Radford (Tas-'j mania), who narrowly beat L. Appo, of Sydney/ ■ ■ ■ - There was great surprise when the Frascr .brothers, of New Zealand, sawed brilliantly and won ; the double-handed sawing. Results:— ■ _ Single-handed Sawing Championship, eighteen inches.—S. Turnbiill 1, E. Turnbud (Tasmania) 2, 'Blanks (New Zealand) 3, Time, 3min 43 2-osec. Nichols Handicap, twelve-inch standing block*—Sullivan .1, Phillips 2, Chenhire'3.' .Time, 30'2-ssec. Tasmanian: Centenary Cup, standing chop, four feet.—Weston (Victoria) 1, Hunter (New Zealand) 2, Phillips 3. Time, 57sec. Braddon Championship, double-handed sawing,—H. and A. Fraser (New Zealand) I,'W. Turnbull and Walker (Tas-mania)-2, S. G-. Turnbull and E. Turnbull (Tasmania) 3. Won ,by one second in 16,4-ssec —a world's record. This was the greatest ' contest ever, seen in Tasmania. The New Zealanders won amidst uuparalleled excitement. Hamilton Cup, underhand championship, fifteen inches.—L. Appo (New South Wales) 1, Pont (New Zealand) 2, Ackers (Newr Zealand) 3. Time, 32 4-ssec. Ilopetoun Cup, world's championship standing twelve-inch chop.—Radford (Tasmania) 1, Appo (New South Wales) 2, Miley (Victoria) 3. Time, lmin 7 l-ssee.