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NOTES AND NEWS.
On Saturday. A Burns, holder, beat A. M. Fisher, the) New South Wajos champion, by «”x lengths, for f lic pro Vision®] soul ling champ onsb'p of Australia and a. stake of £.IOO aside over three miles on the Richmond River. There has been no contest for the Australian title for about oighfc years and Bums, who is 82, made a. successful comeback after la. lengthy absence. Burns ?>cul]ed at 11.3, and Fisher at 11 stone. The title-holder went to the front early, and••wtetcd all attempts by Flislier to overtake him. The time was 20min. 15'see.—PA.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12911, 13 July 1936, Page 6
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