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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
9
An excerpt describes the Grassy Island bull Taurus stranded aboard a boat after a chase near the reef. Lee and his crew attempt a rope haul to subdue the untamed monarch, who fights fiercely before finally escaping into the sea. The animal then swims toward land with dogged, stirring effort observed by observers using powerful glasses.
An unnamed narrator aboard a coastal steamer retrieves a bound stake after a dramatic encounter with a large whaler shark. He uses a mainsail rope to break the stake, freeing the shark and allowing a risky, endurance-filled escape to the distant shore.
The life of Steve Fairbairn is outlined from his boyhood mishaps to his later renown as a revolutionary figure in modern rowing. The obituary notes his formidable presence, bold courage, and pioneering ideas, including anecdotes from early days in Victoria and a vivid account of adventures and misadventures that shaped his character.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a Thames Boat Club dinner incident involving Steve Fairbairn, a noted oarsman, his court case, and defense by Plyay Eyre. It traces Fairbairn’s education, Cambridge rowing career, and his revolutionary coaching method that reshaped rowing technique in Australia and England.
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