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HANDED OVER TO MASON. (By Telegraph—Press Association). WHANG ARET, February 4. A notable ceremony took place in the Wlmngnrei Town Flail on Saturday night when in the presence of a packed concourse, .Tames Patrick Hannan, champion New Zealand sculler, handed over tlu> title to James Mason, ot Whaugarei. whom Hannan had defeated for the second time <>" Saturday afternoon in-the championship contest. Hannan competed for the title on seven occasions, losing to Webb in 1915. The latter subsequently retiring, the title* becoming open, Hannan defeated Fogwell in 1920. Wells (twice) and lladlield and Mason as stall'd. Hannan says, be considers Mason the only man in New Zealand entitled to hold the premier position.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1929, Page 5
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