Robert Campbell was the first Australian explorer. He loaded the Lady Barlow with Australian produce, and despatched her to London. The East India company objected to this competition and sold the cargo in a foreign port. Franz Thaler, a watchmaker’s assistant in Bad Reichenhall (Germany), used 268,750 match-sticks in constructing a clock. With the exception of the weights and their chain every part of the clock is formed of matches.
LAWN TENNIS AUSTRALIAN-JAPANESE MATCH POSTPONED (Received August 12, 5.5 p.m.) MONTREAL, August 11. The Davis Cup match between Australia and Japan was postponed because of rain. DOUBLES PRACTICE BY AUSTRALIANS (Received August 12, 9.40 p.m.) MONTREAL, August 12. ■The Australian Associated Press learns that Harry Hopman intends to engage G. M. Lott to practise with the Australian tennis team. Lott is one of America’s leading doubles players and a noted professional coach. The step is regarded as of extreme importance and shows that Hopman regards the doubles as the decisive factor against America in the Davis Cup match.
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Southland Times, Issue 23586, 13 August 1938, Page 11
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