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:'".,■ , " '" ::r With the winning of the.mixed four- ! somes at the Tasmanian championships Lcn Neltlcf'old' iiv the course of - a few weeks", has won the-Australian chaintiionship;, 'the Tasmanian cham? pionship, and the foursomes championship. It is understood that hif fattier intends to give nim the opportunity of trying out his skill ia England and Scotland. How strictly golfers observed the Prohibition law in. Ashburton was.indicated on a recent afternoon, when a player who won a whisky flask as .ri trophy ."shouted" cold tea for severaj of his fellows, says the Guardian; A .practical joker had been at work; and from the handsome container the victorious competitor innocently poured out several "nips" without detecting the ruse, , He did not "partake himself, and as none of those who indulged were anxious that the joke should Jjc on them, the, incident was . not disclosed until late in the evening-. There were then many profuse apologies .over the telephone.-
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Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16948, 10 November 1926, Page 11
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155GOLF. Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16948, 10 November 1926, Page 11
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