SURPRISE END TO PROTEST OVER BOAT RACE
Received Tuesday, 11.55 a.m. HOBART, Jan. 6. The protest brought by the cutter Christina against the Morna, winner of the scratch division of the Bydney-Hobart yacht race, ended s.uTprisingly vvifh the disqualification of the Christina after an examinatioh by the sailing cotnniittee of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. After deliberating for I eight hours, the committee found j in favour of the Morna. The protest was the sequel to a collision in Sydhey Harbour at the start of the race. The decision means that the provisional placings will^stand. •
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 January 1948, Page 5
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