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AUSTRALIAN SCULLING
SYDNEY, -July 12.
Alf Burns, holder, beat A. M. Fisher, New South Wales champion, by six lengths for the professional sculling championship of Australia and a stake of £100 a side over three miles on the Richmond River yesterday. There has been no contest for the Australian title for about eight years, and-Burns, who is 32, made a successful comeback after a lengthy absence. Burns sculled at list 31b and Fisher at list. The title-holder went to the front early and resisted all attempts by Fisher to overtake him. The time was 20min 15sec.
Eight natives condemned to death for their part in the crimes of the "Aniotos," or "leopard men," in the Wamba region of the Belgian Congo, were hanged recently at Stanleyville. The Aniotos, or "leopard men," are a sect who diguisc Hiemselves in leopard skins to commit crimes. Some 40 murders were attributed to the accused men.
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Evening Post, Issue 11, 13 July 1936, Page 18
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