ATHLETICS
AUSTRALIANS AT MANCHESTER.
Plress Associatkm-By Telegraph-Copyright . LONDON", July 27.
In a match over 130 yards on the grass at Manchester for £2OO a side, aiid Mr Itufe Taylor's purse of £l5O, Postle, the Australian, - beat Growcott, tho English champion by a foot, in the record time of four yards-' inside 13 seconds. Davies, of Wales, beat Todd, the Australian, over, half a mile for £l2O. AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL. '„ Per Press Association. ELTHAM, July 28. Tlie programme' of the New Zealand Axemen's 'Carnival- at Christmas shows prize' money; amounting to £331, a record for the' Association: A new item is the New ' Zealand championship in 12-inch standing blocks. It was decided to ap r ply to th<? Australasian Axemen's AssoeiatKoh . for permission., to hold the .world's championship in 2ft standing chopping, find :2ft handed sawing. The- Axemen's■:Cqp,;|£l4oJ_;again, appears.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13658, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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137ATHLETICS Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13658, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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