Soldier Axemen’s Contest
LONDON, Aug. 3L
English newspapois give prominence to the axemen ’s carnival in which the New Zealand forestry unit defeated the Australian units by 21 points to 10. The Times says that for the joy of swinging an axe and cutting through 14 inches of sturdy timber, the New Zealanders and Australians willingly travelled many miles to the carnival. The newspaper added that left-handed-ness was no bar to skill. The Aucklander, Sapper K. Urundv, a former Auckland champion, who scored two iirsts, one second and one third, and A
itralia's leading soldier axeman, Mapper H. Malkin, of Melbourne, who won the three-felling event, are both left-handers.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 208, 2 September 1941, Page 5
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