SPORTS AND GAMES
i LEAGUE FOOTBALL SYDNEY, February 5. The Balmain League Rugby Glut has tentatively accented Auckland’s invitation to play a series of matches prior to the opening of the New Zea land season. Terms of the visit will be settled next Wednesday. SWIMMING. SYDNEY, February 5. Swimming at the Manly Club’s championships on Saturday". Noel Ryan Avon the SBO yards club championship, in lOmin. 54secs. Ryan later broke the 440 yards State free style record by 11 2-5 seconds, his time being smin. 18secs. PIPING. WANGANUI, February 5. Tn an open piping competition at a Highland gathering at. Hunterville on Saturday, the New Zealand championship for Highland slow airs resulted: —John McKenzie (Masterton) 1; Murdo McKenzie (Masterton) 2; W. Budge (Wanganui) 3. The judge remarked on the high standard, and only two points separated the competitors.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 February 1939, Page 8
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