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Australian Press Assn.—United Servioe # . OBITUARY. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Obituary.—At Denver, Robert ~lngcrsoll, the inventor. He made a fortune of a million sterling manufacturing dollar watches. BITTER CRITICISM. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m). ■ TORONTO, Sept. 7. There is bitter criticism from Michel and Virkoetter over the dicision to split the swim marathon prize money among the fourteen remaining the longest in the water. Michel contends that the judges boat called to him. He had only to exceed Virkoetter’s mark <■ to get the prize. A world challenge lias been issued by Teddy Oke, backer of George Young, to meet’ any swimmer at any place over a distance of seven to ten miles for a twenty-five thousand dollars prize.
MARATHON PRIZE MONEY. TORONTO, Sept, 7. Tliirty-five thousand dollars prize money is being divided equally among the fourteen making the liest showing in Wednesday’s swim which was not finished. GRAIN GROWERS ESTIMATE. WINNIPEG, Sept. 7. United grain growers estimate an average of 25 bushels per acre on 23 million acres, allowing shrinkage on the total Western Canada yield of 5(5,000,000 bushels. FLIER STOPPED BY ADVERSE WEATHER. WINNIPEG, Sept. 7. A message from Edmonton states rain, snow and wind forced Godfrey, the trans-Canada flier, to delay his hop off for Vancouver. He expects to start off on the last 7530 miles tonight.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1928, Page 3
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