SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
PROPOSED AUCKLAND RACE. LtHE' QUESTION" OF FUNDS. I , A deputation,' headed ;by Mr. H. R. Mackenzie, ; chairman of the K Harbour Board, waited on the Auckland Yacht-arid Motor-boat Association last [ evening, * asking for the support of; yachtsmen in ; coiv riectiori with the raising of funds for the proposed ' sculling championship of Australasia, ; between *J. "'! P. Hannan, of i Blen- : heim, and W. McDevitt, of ']. Tasmania. , - Mr. Mackenzie f said the ; race^would- : be ifgwed on the Waitemata, : over a course in \. the upper .reaches of the .% harbour, ; and : arrangements < had ? beer, made with the ; Ferry and other, companies to put on boats for the accommodation of those who deI -sired to '= witness * the . contest.-1;' It '. would ' bi» L necessary to raise £500 ;in order to hold the■ race/,; and the committeei wanted fall the support it ; could in . securing: a J good gate. The match would probably be rowed on January 39. , " - \ ' The "association decided to give what support it ; could in. the matter. •"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18562, 21 November 1923, Page 10
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