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The Mercury
8 January 1938, page 9.

SURF BOARDS

20 SURFING BOARDS, in Huon Pine, shaped and cleated, with curved ends, at .... 12/6 each.

RISBY BROS. LTD., Corner Elizabeth & Davey Streets, Hobart.

Trove
1938 'Advertising', The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), 8 January, p. 9. , viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29214141

Weekly Times
Melbourne, 8 January 1938, page 35.

GALA WEEK AT WARRNAMBOOL

Mrs A. Johnson, Mrs L. Amy and Mrs H. Johnson,

walking along the beach with their surf boards.

Bathers enjoying the breakers.

Trove
1938 'GALA WEEK AT WARRNAMBOOL', Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), 8 January, p. 35. , viewed 13 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224934553

The Daily News
Perth, 10 January 1938, page 9.

Riding Neptune's Horses Needs Balance

IT LOOKS EASY but try it!

Only experts can keep their balance when standing on a surf board riding to shore on the crest of a breaker.

Trove
1938 'Riding Neptune's Horses Needs Balance', The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), 10 January, p. 9. (CITY FINAL), viewed 12 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83424351

The Daily News
Perth, 11 January 1938, page 4.

READY FOR THRILLS

1938 'READY FOR THRILLS', The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), 11 January, p. 4. (CITY FINAL), viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83423412

News
Adelaide, 13 January 1938, page 8.

What Our Readers Think!

TOPLESS BATHERS :

Sir-The stubborness of some seaside councillors on the subject of topless bathers il-becomes municipalists.

The country would never progress if changes were not brought about from time to time.

The world advances. and the man who refuses to advance with it. preferring instead, to remain in a rut, does not conmmend himself to popular favor.

Ald. Chambers, of Henley, is not in that category.

He went to Moana and saw for himself, coming back convinced that there was nothing objectionable in topless bathers.

With many other wearers of trunks I think that opponents of this garb should go to Moana, too, and there see well-behaved citizens, in scores, with their families and friends, following a fashion which King George, and many other outstanding figures in the world today, practise.

Such first-hand knowledge provides the only sensible way of reaching a decision on this question.

If councillors will not go to Moana or Chiton to see for themselves. they are unworthy of office.

Let the conuncillors act like reasonable men and show ratcpayers and the public generally that they are open to conversion.

- Prospect. SURF BOARD.

Trove
1938 'What Our Readers Think!', News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 13 January, p. 8. , viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131903830

Sydney Mail
12 January 1938, page 5.

The Thrilling Sport of Surf Ski-ing

This, the most recent development of surfing, is a thrilling combination of surf-board riding and surf -canoeing.
The "vessel" is a board and not a canoe, the rider carries a paddle to help his progress, and he holds on to a tie-rope to assist in keeping his equilibrium.
It is not quite so difficult as surfing with a board alone, and it is much more exhilarating than riding the rollers in a canoe.
The upper photo graph depicts a group of happy youths allowing the dying breaker to smother them in foam.

Trove
1938 'The Thrilling Sport of Surf Ski-ing', Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), 12 January, p. 5. , viewed 12 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166227400

News
Adelaide, 17 January 1938, page 10.

RIDING THE SURF TO SHORE.

A girl visitor to Moana enjoying herself with a surfboard yesterday.
Top- Waiting for a big wave.
Centre- Setting out for the shore.
Beneath-The thrilling ride ends in the shallows.

MOANA- One of the few South Australian
beaches where topless bathers are permitted-
had hundreds of visitors yesterday.

Here are Messrs. Neil and Ewan Goodchild
on the way to the water.

Trove
1938 'NEWS VIEWS', News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 17 January, p. 10. , viewed 12 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131907536

The Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday 20 January 1938, page 21.

Heard Here and There
By Mayfair.

WE are hearing a good deal about the grim determination of spirit and the iron muscles of the men who blazed the tracks 150 years ago, but I could not help thinking at Palm Beach on Saturday that Mr. "Blue" Russell was keeping up the old tradition in no uncertain way.
He brought no less than 15 people ashore on his surf board, and in this way was able to dodge the treacherous weed which hampered other life-saving efforts.
At one stage during the day, when lunch-time had claimed many of the male bathers, there were women at the reel.
The big low and the seaweed made things hard for them, too, and, although lifesavers and patients got more of a ducking than they might otherwise have done, the girls did their job with a will.
At the end of the day everyone was amazed to see Mr. Russell leave the beach with a jaunty tread and his famous board carried on his head, as though bringing in 15 patients was just incidental to the day's fun.

Notes
Heard Here and There is essentially a gossip column in the social pages, the residents and visitors to Palm Beach are often mentioned.

Barrier Miner
Broken Hill, 19 February 1938, page 3.

GWENDA DOBSON OUT OF HOSPITAL

Although she will be
                  unable to return home for about another week, Gwenda
                  Dobson, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
                  Dobson, of the Freemasons Hotel, has been discharged
                  from hospital.

News of her
                  discharge will be welcomed by the many friends of the
                  family.
 
Gwenda was injured
                  when struck by a surf
                  board
                  while surfing in

                  Western Australia and on the arrival of the Stratheden
                  at Outer Harbor she was admitted to hospital suffering
                  from severe internal injuries.
 
For several weeks
                  her condition caused concern.
She is now staying
                  with her mother and sisters at the Grosvenor, North
                  Terrace, Adelaide.

Trove
1938 'GWENDA DOBSON OUT OF HOSPITAL', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), 19 February, p. 3. (SPORTS EDITION), viewed 06 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47965230

Mirror
Perth, 19 February 1938, page 16.

Keith Gill,Twice Champion Jockey of N.Z., Weds Showgirl Ruby Lane From Yonkers, U.S.A.,

Likes our Beaches But not Our Meals :: 'Show is a Big Happy Family'

...
Mornings usually find her playing tennis down by the waterfront.

Of an afternoon she and her husband sun on the beaches or enjoy a dip at Scarborough.

She likes surfing — but not the dumpers.
And -

"My word, I think they should call them bumpers sometimes.

You see we were out at Scarborough one time and a boy lost control of a little tin boat and it had to cgme and cut me on the leg.

Then another time a surf board got fractious and hit me on the thigh and on the body.

They were all telling me to let the board go, but I was afraid of what it might do if I did.

And, anyway, what did they know about it?

All they could see of me was my feet, the rest was under water.

As though that wasn't enough, I next got a bump from one of those surf skis.

Is that what you mean by your expression 'bumping up against people' in Australia?"

Trove
1938 'Marcus Beauty's Romance With Former Perth Boy', Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956), 19 February, p. 16. , viewed 06 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75445170

Sunday Times
Perth, 20 February 1938, page 5.

The Perth City Council, at a meeting on Monday, adopted a recommendation by the endowment lands committee that the use of surf boards and canoes be prohibited at City Beach for a distance of 200 yards north of the groyne.

The matter was discussed by the committee following the receipt of a letter from a commissionaire, who drew attention to the danger caused by surf boards and canoes north of the groyne.

Trove
1938 'WORLD'S NEWS OF THE WEEK', Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), 20 February, p. 5. (SPORTING SECTION), viewed 05 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58803169

The Sydney Morning Herald
28 February 1938, page 14.

CLUB SWIMMING

...
BALMORAL BEACH CLUB - Championship sprint swim senior: L. A. Morath 1, J. Dempsey, C. F. Morath 3.
Junior: J. Faasen 1, G. Robertson 2, W. Huby 3.

Trove
1938 'CLUB SWIMMING.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 28 February, p. 14. , viewed 22 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17429414

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate
10 March 1938, page 9.

Terrigal Surfers

(BY ROY DIBBEN)

Splendid surfing conditions prevailed in Terrigal during the weekend, with a big surf, and the weather was perfect.

These good points drew a very large crowd on the beach.
...

At the No. 8 District Presentation Dance, the Terrigal boys carried home all the silver.

The march past, beach relay, boat race, teams race, points score, belt race (J. Wiggins), and junior surf race (J. Lloyd), surf board exhibition (J. McGlashan), and surf ski exhibition (Roy Dibben), were the events won by the local boys.

Trove
1938 'Terrigal Surfers', The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate (NSW : 1906 - 1954), 10 March, p. 9. , viewed 13 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167870612

The Muswellbrook Chronicle
NSW, 18 March 1938, page 4.

Muswellbrook Resident Sees the World

...
We drove back to Waikiki, which is supposed to have the best surf in the world.

Anyway, I must say it was good.

We went swimming for about two hours.

The Hawaiian boys take you out for about a mile on their surf boards.

You are charged five cents (4 1/2 d) for a ride on the boards.

The Hawaiian boys are good-looking, not forgetting the girls, wearing their lais; if they like you they run up and put a lai on your head and expect a kiss in return.

Trove

1938 'Muswellbrook Resident Sees the World', The Muswellbrook Chronicle (NSW : 1898 - 1955), 18 March, p. 4. , viewed 13 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107614000

Geraldton Guardian and Express
WA, 22 March 1938, page 2.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Enforcing Traffic Regulations. —

Several cases were brought forward by Traffic-inspector Thomas in the Children's Court and the Police Court on Thursday and Friday for infringement's of the traffic regulations.

The charges included not having proper lights, riding without one hand on the handle bars, carrying a surf board on the machine, which would have the tendency to prevent the rider exercising proper control, and carrying a passenger on the frame of the cycle.

Trove

1938 'LOCAL AND GENERAL', Geraldton Guardian and Express (WA : 1929 - 1947), 22 March, p. 2. , viewed 13 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67328808

 
 
The producer's second
                reason was his belief that in 'The Hurricane' he had a
                star-building picture
 
Already known to tens
                of thousands of readers ,the story possessed romance,
                drama and background, plus opportunities for spectacle.
 

Had Goldwyn placed an established name player in the Terangi role, he would, of course, have still had a big picture in prospect; by giving the part to an unknown there was the added possibility of establishing a new star.

LONDON, Thursday.

Lord Gifford, who is
                well known in Australia as Aide-de-Caixp to the former
                Governor of New South Wales (Sir Phillip Game) was
                arrested at Biarritz
                for using an Australian type surf board, and for
                disregarding the lifeguards' warnings.
 
 
 

 
He was released with a
                caution.

Trove
1938 'Lord Gifford's Surf Board Adventure', Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), 26 August, p. 7. , viewed 05 Jul 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94593368

PARIS, Wednesday.

Thirty-nine-year-old
                Baron Gifford was arrested at Biarritz today for using
                an Australian type of surf
                board at
                the famous seaside resort, and for disregarding a life
                guard's warning.
 
Lord Gifford declared:
                'Half the bathers are on my side and half hostile.

Boys tried to pull off my bathing suit.

'When I was charged I was told that the offence was graver because a lifeguard actually had to put on a bathing dress prepratory to going to my rescue, which was not necessary.'

Lord Gifford was later released with a caution.

General manager of the District Messenger and Theatre Ticket Co. (Lonion) since 1936, Lord Gifford succeeded his uncle to the title last year.

He has spent most of his life in the navy, but in 1930 was aide-de-camp to the Governor of New South Wales.

He was organising secretary of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, of Sydney, from 1935 to 1936.

Trove
1938 'France Objects To Australian Surfboard', The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), 25 August, p. 8. (CITY FINAL), viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83196173

Palos Verdes Peninsula News
Number 35, 2 September 1938, page 1.

P. V. Surfboard Riding Again in National Press

“Pic,” national illustrative magazine, in its issue of September 6th, devoted four full pages to Palos Verdes Estates with pictures taken at Bluff Cove, or as it is better known, the Little Waikiki of America.
The pictures show the surfboard riding, ar as we would say it here, shooting the waves.
The pictures are exceptionally fine.
One-half of one page presents a beautiful scene of a large group of surfboard devotees in various positions taking part in this popular and difficult sport, which requires a great deal of skill and practice.
Introductory remarks in the “Pic” magazine are as follows: "Speak of surfboard riding, and you immediately think of the world famous beach at Waikiki near Honolulu.
But here on our Pacific coast can be found a surf almost the equal of Hawaii’s.
There is a constantly growing army of surfboarders who enjoy the various surfs and thrill to the long, fast swoop of the board as it flees shoreward before the swell and thrust of a big wave.
It’s a combination of skiing and outboard racing and has plenty of thrill.”
For the past several months, The News has carried on its front page, in the upper right-hand corner, a picture of surfboard riding in Palos Verdes.
Take a look at it—closely.

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Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
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Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Number 35, 2 September 1938, page 1.

Northern Star
Lismore, 4 October 1938, page 11.

SURFING SEASON OPENS

Ballina Beach Patrol

BALLINA, Monday.

  Although the
                        sun was hidden, by clouds and a cool southerly
                        breeze swept along the beach and headland, there
                        was a fair crowd on the Ballina Lighthouse beach
                        yesterday when the 1938-39 surfing
                        season was "officially" opened by the presence
                        of club patrols on duty.
...

   The
                              membership of the club includes many new
                              juniors and instruction work was
                              immediately commenced by Mr. F. McBurney
                              with a squad of six.
 
The new
                              surf boards
                              purchased during the past week by the club
                              were in demand.

Trove

1938 'SURFING SEASON OPENS', Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 October, p. 11. , viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94599668

Palos Verdes Peninsula News
Number 40, 7 October 1938, page 1.

Surfing

The winter season is the best time for surfboard riding at Bluff Cove in Palos Verdes Estates.
From now on, practically every day is a holiday for surfboard riders.

California Digital Newspaper Collection,
Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
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Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Number 40, 7 October 1938, page 1.

Illawarra Mercury
Wollongong, 14 October, p. 7.

AUSTINMER CLUB
(By Publicity Officer)

...
Quite a number of the boys have been seen brushing up their acts on the surf boards this, week, the most outstanding being A. Woods and J. Bell.
The idea, boys, is to stop on. top of the board.

Trove
1938 'AUSTINMER CLUB', Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950), 14 October, p. 7. , viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133007157

The Catholic Press
Sydney, 20 October 1938, page 2.

Queries ? Answers.

Lifesavers' Organisation.
F.N. (Naremburn):
(1) Yes, the Surf Life Saving Association is an Australian institution and lifesavers are proud of that fact.
(2) Forty years ago surf -bathing, to all intents and purposes, did not exist in Sydney.
(3) It was left to a South Sea Islander named Tanna to give at Manly a demonstration of 'shooting' the breakers.
This gave great impetus to the healthful and now nation-wide sport.
(4) The big seas which often rage along the Australian coast call for a high degree of skill amongst the surf-board riders here.
At the famous Waikiki beach the surf board riders nave a comparatively easy task in riding the green swells.
In Australia, the broken surf and heavy 'dumpers' make surf board riding certainly a more perlous and less pleasant pastime.

Trove
1938 'Queries ? Answers', The Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1942), 20 October, p. 2. , viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104369902

Illawarra Mercury
Wollongong, 21 October 1938, page 6.

SURF NEWS
ILLAWARRA S.L.S. ASSN. ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Illawarra Branch of the S.L.S. Assn. was held in the Council Chambers, Wollongong, on Saturday night.
Mr. Gordon Worland presided.
Clubs represented at the meeting were: Stanwell Park, Corrimal, North Wollongong, Kemblawarra, Wollongong, Austimer, Thirroul.
In addition,notices of affiliation were received from Illawarra South and South Thirroul.
...
The visit to Thirroul coincided with the launching.of that club's new surf boat, the 'Francis Crossle,' which was officially, launched by the
president of the Association, Mr. Adrian Curlewis.
...
During the season two clubs, Thirroul and Wollongong, acquired new standard surf boats.
It is expected that Kemblawarra and North Wollongong Clubs will have new boats before the end of this year.
On this information it appears definite that the surfboat races will ; become a feature of the carnivals in the Illawarra Branch District in the coming season.
...
Rescues.— The appended list of rescues - performed by the various clubs clearly .demonstrates the value of surf life saving clubs, the ever growing popularity of surfing and the vigilance , of the patrols :—
Helensburgh-Stanwell Park 15 with line, 1 without line, 1 resuscitated ; 16 lives saved ; 130 given first aid.
Coalcliff: 1 with line, 1 resuscitated; 1 saved; 210 given first aid; .
Coledale: 1 with line, 9 without line; total 10; 7 given first aid.
Austinmer: : 87 with line, 20 without line; total 107;- 46 given first aid;
Thirroul: 14 with line, 5 without line, 2 resuscitated; total, 19.
South Thirroul : 2 with line; total, 2.
Bulli: 4 with; line, 2 without line; total, 6; 20 given first aid.
Corrimal:; 9 with line, 1 without line, 5 resuscitated ; total, 10 ; 10 given first aid.
North Wollongong: 84 with line, 3 with surf boards, 30 without line, 2; resuscitated; total, 117; 96 given first- aid.
Wollongong: 8 with line, 8 without line, 3 resuscitated; total 16; 200 given first aid.
Port Kembla: 4 with line, 5 without line; 2 resuscitated; total, 9; 6 given first- aid.
South Kembla: 12 with line, 16 without line,1: resuscitated;1 total, 28.
Kiama: : 40 given first aid.
Totals: 241 with line, 3 with surf boards, 97 without line; total lives saved, 341;. 765 given first aid.
Trove
1938 'SURF NEWS', Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950), 21 October, p. 6. , viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133002855

Palos Verdes Peninsula News
Number 43, 28 October 1938, page 5.

“CLEAN-UP"
—Photo by John Heath Ball
Probably the most striking surfboard riding picture ever taken.
The rider is diving, getting ready for his “clean-up”
under a fifteen foot wave.

California Digital Newspaper Collection,Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
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Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Number 43, 28 October 1938 Edition 02, page 5
Reprinted in
Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Number 48, 2 December 1938, page 1.

The Sun
Sydney, 2 November 1938, page 13.

This snap of the popular staling pair from the Sydney Glucianum,
RONA and CLIFF THAELL, arrived in Sydney this week from Honolulu
where they are holidaying.
They have been there for some weeks and Mr. Thaell writes that his
sister is quite an expert with the surf board, but that he prefers big game
fishing and has been lucky enough to land several large tuna.

Trove
1938 'No title', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 2 November, p. 13. (LAST RACE ALL DETAILS), viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231137575

The North Western Courier
Narrabri, NSW, 3 November 1938, page 2.

Seen In Hollywood

Joan Crawford rehearsing difficult dance routines for early sequences in 'The Shining Hour"
Eleanor Powell learning to high dive
Walter Pidgeon taking up yachting under the tutorage of Eroll Flynn . . . Clark Gable shaving
...
Mickey Rooney receiving a severe ducking, at the hands of his home made surf board.

Trove
1938 'Seen In Hollywood', The North Western Courier (Narrabri, NSW : 1913 - 1955), 3 November, p. 2. , viewed 13 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133294539

The Age
Melbourne, 4 November 1938, page 5.

The Age JUNIOR SECTION
Beach Thrills With a Surf-Rider

THINK of the fun you can have at the seaside with this splendid surf-rider!
It is much more buoyant than an ordinary solid surf board, and has enough lifting capacity to support the weight of an average person in the water, so that you will be able to enjoy many a thrilling dash on a broken wave-crest.
It can also be fitted with a towing bridle, and lots of fun can be obtained by a party of two or three friends ashore running up-beach with a long towing rope tied to it, givlng the rider a fine thrill as he comes surging in among the boiling surf.
The construction of the surf-rider Is very simple, and is shown clearly in the sketches.
You will require for the sides two pieces of wood, each 4 Inches wide and 3 feet 6 inches long, and from 1/2 inch to.1 inch thick.
These must be shaped as in Fig. 1, each exactly the same, with a curve upward at the: front end and downward at the rear.
They are joined together at each end by an end-piece of 2 Inches by 1 Inch wood, slightly under 2 feet in length, so that the overall width of the surf-rider will be 2 feet. .
The next job is to cover the surf-rider with three-ply, for which you will want two pieces, each 2 feet wide and about 3 feet 9 inches long.
The three-ply is nailed all round to the sides and end pieces, the latter being bevelled to take the curve the three-ply where necessary.
Before, nailing on the three-ply, however, you must fix two eye bolts, one on either side, in the position shown in Fig. 2.
Screw eyes are not sufficiently strong, so be sure .you have eye bolts.
Screw the nut up inside, so that it Is firm and tight, with a big washer between the nut and the inner surface of the side.
The eye-bolt is in the centre of the width of the side, that is, 2 Inches from the top and 2 inches from the bottom.
Use flat-headed nails for putting on the three-ply; and have them about 2 inches apart, but before putting any surfaces together "lute" them well with a very thick paint, made by thinning putty with boiled linseed oil.
A little dash of varnish in this luting mixture will improve it.
The inner sides of all wood work, too, should be painted well with a good white-lead paint before nailing together, for once the deck and bottom are on you can't get at the Inside.
Now cover the whole with unbleached calico or good canvas if you can afford it.
First paint the woodwork thickly, and paste on the canvas like sticking on wallpaper, then turn edges down and tack along the sides, as shown in Fig. 3.
Make a little hole in the canvas , to allow the eye of the eye-bolt to come through and tack around It (see Inset, Fig. 3).
You should use copper tacks, and they should be put In about 1 Inch apart.
The spreader fixed to the towing bridle is a wooden rod about 2 feet 8 Inches long, a hole being bored at each end for the rope, which should be firmly tied to the spreader..
The point A (Fig. 4). where the towing rope (if used) Is tied to the towing bridle, should be in the exact centre of the bridle.
Give the finished article a coat of paint.
Bright colors are best, the bottom being in contrast to the sides and top.
At the forward end, A (Fig, 3). a hole should be bored to take a cork, so that any water which might leak In can be drained out.

Trove
1938 'Beach Thrills With a Surf-Rider', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 4 November, p. 5. (The Age JUNIOR SECTION), viewed 13 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205206722

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate
17 November 1938, page 5.

SURFING?

FOR perfect surfing, use a Rubber Surf Board,

This season's styles feature convenient handle grips.
See them at ADVANX (rear Regal Theatre). 'Phone 282.

Trove
1938 'Advertising', The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate (NSW : 1906 - 1954), 17 November, p. 5. , viewed 13 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167868444

The Courier-Mail
Brisbane, 30 November 1938, page 8.

GUILA BUSTABO, famous young violinist, who visited Brisbane recently,
learned the art of surf board riding at Bondi, Sydney.

Her tutor was G. Connors, the Bond! champion.

Trove

1938 'BETTER SUBURBAN WATER SUPPLY', The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), 30 November, p. 8. , viewed 14 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38720994

Border Watch
Mount Gambier, SA, 1 December 1938, page 4.

ENJOY YOUR SURFING WITH A CANOE FLOAT.

The Float is made of fine quality canvas filled with buoyant material and supported by four strong wooden rods.

There are no valves
                  to leak, no risk of punctures, and the float is almost
                  indestructible.
 
Quarter the weight
                  of a surf board.

Holidays by the Sea,
                  River, or Lakes can be made safer and much more
                  pleasurable if you take a Canoe Float with you.

Step in at Hogan's
                  Sports Depot, Bay Road, Mt. Gambier, and inspect this
                  surfing
                  aid.
 

Price 37/6.

Every pleasure craft should carry one or more Canoe Floats.

Trove
1938 'ENJOY YOUR SURFING WITH A CANOE FLOAT.', Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), 1 December, p. 4. , viewed 14 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78178941

Palos Verdes Peninsula News
Number 48, 2 December 1938, page 1.

Winter Sports at Palos Verdes

Probably the most striking surfboard riding picture ever taken.
The rider is diving, getting ready for his “clean-up”
under a fifteen foot wave.

California Digital Newspaper Collection,Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu
Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Number 48, 2 December 1938, page 1.

Truth
Sydney, 4 December 1938, page 35.

THE JOTTINGS

...
BLUE RUSSELL built himself a hollow surf-board for the Bondi Carnival, and to uphold the honor of Palm Beach he has been practising round Elizabeth and Rushcutter Bays.

Trove
1938 'THE JOTTINGS Ill', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), 4 December, p. 35. , viewed 12 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169095748

Daily Examiner
Grafton, 5 December1938, page 7.

NEW SURF BOAT

Christened At Yamba

EXHIBITION CARNIVAL

VALUE OF SURF CLUBS.

YAMBA, Sunday.

Sunday, December 4,
                  marked a further milestone of progress for Yamba Surf Life Saving
                  Club, when the new surf
                  boat, so appropriately named "The Fred Hall," was
                  officially christened and launched amidst intense
                  enthusiasm and cheers from a very large concourse of
                  people who journeyed from all parts of the Clarence to
                  witness the ceremony.
 

Ideal weather prevailed.
A heavy sea was running, which was conducive to the carrying out of a varied programme of water and land events in the form of an exhibition carnival, by members of the club.
...
The new boat, which had been built by N, and E. Towns, of Newcastle, at a cost of .£122, would be a definite adjunct to the club and a valued aid towards efficiency in life saving, continued the, president.

...

During the afternoon the club presented an exhibition carnival.

The various events were keenly contested.

One water event, the surf board race, was cancelled owing to the rough seas.

Trove
1938 '"THE FRED HALL"', Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), 5 December, p. 7. , viewed 14 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191784310

Frankston and Somerville Standard

Victoria, 16 December 1938, page 6.

LIFE SAVING

...

CHELSEA AT PRACTICE.

Chelsea were in action in rough seas at the week-end and gave a splendid exhibition of surf rescue work on Sunday.

Surf boards were also seen in action, a rare sight on bayside beaches.

Trove
1938 'LIFE SAVING', Frankston and Somerville Standard (Vic. : 1921 - 1939), 16 December, p. 6. , viewed 14 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75008931

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