AUSTRALIA
[Bt/cable— peers assn.—copyright.] BIG GAME FISHING. SYDNEY, April 25. The successful competitors in the Anniversary Big Game Fishing Contest 'were: — . U. -. ,V ; ; ; Heaviest game fish (trophy valued at £500), Mrs A. Sams, (New South Wales), -for.’a Striped! marlin, weighing 330yphundS (an Australian record). ' -Heaviest shark (trophy valued 1 at * i £2OO) — ; T. A:- Bell, Melbourne, for . a tiger shark, weighing 1151 • pounds. Heaviest striped marlin (trophy valued at £lOO) —C. Stewart, Sydney, 31 pounds. ' ' royaiT show. ■ ■ SYDNEY, April 25. The Royal Show, which concluded on Saturday, established an attendance record, more than 1,000,000 persons passing through the turnstiles. New Zealand was fourth in the international buckjumping contest, „ which was won by Canada. F. Bruie » (Ne®; Zealand). was v fourth in the' steer-riding contest.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 April 1938, Page 7
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