SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
0 . ' BEACH TO ROW HANLAN. Melbourne, to-day. Beach has accepted Hanlan's challenge to row on the Nepean river, and has made the first deposit of £250 with the Sporting editor of the Australasian. Afc Napier His Honor in reading a debtor's statement, came to the words, " X attribute my bankruptcy to coming to Hawke'a Bay." " That is strange t " said his Honor, "how could coming to this district make you bankrupt ?' ! " I think there is something more," said the debtor, and his Honor looked at the report again. Aft r a short pause he said, ." Ah ! I see there is something else, th« words ' without a shilling.' No doubt that is a better reason. " The Court smiled benignly, and the business went on.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4737, 10 December 1886, Page 2
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125SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4737, 10 December 1886, Page 2
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