TUfi-OF-WAR

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1914, Page 3

TUfi-OF-WAR

WEST COAST- BEAT AUCKLAND POLICE. ARTHUR BEBAN WINS SINGLE HANDED PULL. (Special to <cArgus"). / _____ DUNEDIN; June t. We have received the following wire, from our special reporter who is with ! the West Coast tug-o'-war team:—; We beat the Auckland Police and'the crowd cheered us to the echo.. Hoffman Bros, beat the Telegraph, 'Linemen. Hornibrook's Team beat Inch Valley. - Enfield beat Invercargill. Speight's No. 1 beat Cement Works. Waterside Workers beat Hanley. s Stevenson and Cook beat. Telegraph No. 2 team. v . - ~ , The teams pulled in Ted. and wh,'te •respectively. r .' < „ This is the first time fluri-Qg- the tournament that ired 'wort. • Arthur Beban beat Geddes in the single-hand pull The following wife which was sent yesterday explains - Stself :^~\ - Beban, West' Coast Tug-oVWar: Good old Coasters, out for fame,, •- . To this prize you've —* -a claim*. PJease to hear you've p-ot 'a score In your first pull tug^o'-wai. Those policemen have great fame; Best of luck, boys; just the same. Then there is Speight's Brewery team. Reputation —strong- ;a$ steam. Fed on prize ales, stout and tall. Coasters pull them from 'flag fall. ;But an anxious time' it seems,' *y£ur.first pull jnsi-Jike a dream' ■ - ' FIVE SECONDS LATHER.*