CHAMPION AXEMEN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 63

CHAMPION AXEMEN.

(See Illustrations on page 48.)

The strongest team of axe.men" and sawyers that has ever left Australia, or visited this colony arrived by the s.s. Monowai at the Bluff December 12. They are eight in numrwr, and comprise what might be termed' the p-sck of Australasia in woodcraft— Gus. Blanc, Victoria'; C. W. Ca.sey and C. Hutton. JN;>(v Zealand! ' representatives ; B. R. Terry, >e\v South. Wales ; <G. Terry, G. A. Goold, J. Deegan, and C Furlong, Tasmania. On disembarking they were welcomed by Mr A. A. Paap_D on behalf of the local Axemen's- Association. Latex, and in the evening, they were welcomed 1 in the Princess Hotel by Mr T. o'Byrn.e^

dent, Messrs W. and R. Timpany, J. M'Gregor and others. They leave this morning 'by the first express," en route for the Eltham Carnival, which takes place on the 26th and 27th in«t. It is their intention to stay iii the- North Island for a couple of months and return here for the Easter fixture. Casey and' Hutton were the New Zealand representatives at the Tasmanian carnival two weeks ago, where they acquitted themselves with conspicuous success. Thpy secured pride of place in the World's Champion Sawing, and were only beaten by a couple of blows in the InterState contest, whilst C. Hutton secured' sixth place from 15sec in the £100 Handicap Ohbp, in which there were 55 competitors. Gus. Blanc takes pride of place in the team, for at the last carnival he won the double — i.e., World's Championship Standing Blocks. 6ft 4in girth, and World's Championship underhand, in ths same size logs. He won £60 in the two days. Altogether he has won over £600 in the^e contests. E. R. Terry is champion in 12 in 18in logs. He has secured ■championship events to the number of four in New South Wales, two in Queensland, besides numerous other events in these places. In Tasmania he also secured the championship-' in, 4ft lags, and in 12 competitions he was only unplaced- twice, oG. A. Gocld won the World's Chompion s.h. sawing in excellent time-. He is well-known here in consequence of the first big march of the colony, which took place between Goold and Pettitt, of Tasmania, ancj^ S. Fisher and J. Hudson, of New Zealand. G. Terry is a brother to the champion, and is a good 1 axeman. This also applies to J. Deegar mci C. Furlong, the- other member*.