AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
■( ...' , ST. ATJBYN MURRAY GOING NORTH,. . A. St. Aubyn. Murray, the New Zealand champion and ex-Australasian champion hurdler, passed through town en route for Gisbome on Thursday. He has left-Christchurch, which centre he has represented so capably in championship events for many seasons past, for good, as ho intends following his profession—that .of architect—in his new habitat. In conversation with our contributor, "Mercury," ho waxed very enthusiastic about 11. Opie's '200-yard performance, for which a record is being claimed, and expressed his perfect confidence in tho bona fides of the run. Christchurch is enthusiast in •' Murray who can ill be spared',, but if his presence in Gisborne leads to a re-, vival of amateur athletics there .tho gain to tho -sport as a wholo will be a big. one, in which sentiment Christchurch can, but probably will not, find much consolation. ■ r
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 13
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143AMATEUR ATHLETICS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 13
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