SPORTS AND GAMES
ATHLETICS [PER press association.] DUNEDIN, February 14. Competing at the Otago junior and women’s athletic championships yesterday, K. J. Morgan broke his own New Zealand junior discus record with a throw of 127 ft. 8 l-Bin., and Miss N. Hanlim broke the national women’s shot put record with a put of 32ft. 10 3-Bin. Before the meeting G. L. Austin, the New Zealand marathon champion, broke the standard set by the Dominion council for 15 miles, and is claiming a record of 85 min. 47 2.-ssec. for the distance.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1941, Page 9
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