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The Sydney Morning Herald
5 January 1949, page 3.

Man Escapes Attack By Sharks

Two sharks attacked a surfboard rider off North Bondi yesterday afternoon.
The surfer, Mr. Vince Wilson, 32, a member of North Bondi Surf Club, escaped by jumping aboard a fishing-boat which went to his aid.
The sharks had attacked a wounded shark which had been caught by a shark-meshing launch, but which threshed clear before it could be hauled aboard.
The wounded shark escaped its attackers by making for shallow water near the rocks at North Bondi.
The others then turned to at-tack Wilson, who was riding a white surfboard.
With another surfboard rider, "Scotty" Dillon, 17, a member of Bondi Club, Wilson had been waiting for waves about 20 yards off Ben Buckler.
They became alarmed when they saw people on the rocks running and pointing.
Knowing that the sharks were in the area, they headed for shore.
Dillon went straight in and landed on the rocks. Wilson, because he did not want to damage his board, decided to paddle to a fishing-boat slipway about 100 yards away.

FISHERMEN'S AID

At the moment the two sharks began lo thresh the water around his board, Wilson was picked up by a fishing-boat manned by North Bondi professional fishermen Messrs. L. Barlow and R. Bassingthwaite.
They were returning from night fishing grounds and brought their boat alongside when they realised Wilson was in trouble.
"The sharks and the fishing boat got lo me almost at the same time," Wilson said.
"I paddled right around the boat waiting for a chance to jump.
"As I jumped one of the sharks rushed in to attack."
"My luck must have held.
A month ago I won second prize in the lottery."
Wilson advanced the theory that the sharks attacked him because his white surfboard re- sembled the white under-belly of a shark.
"I am going to paint the surfboard dark brown, just in case," he said.
Another shark was sighted at North Bondi about 3.45 p.m.
The alarm was sounded and surfers left the water.

Trove
1949 'Man Escapes Attack By Sharks', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 15 January, p. 3. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18090683

The Sun
Sydney, 16 January 1949, page 3.

Surf boats capsize: 17 hurt

TWO life-savers were knocked unconscious for 30 minutes when surfboats capsized in 30ft waves at the North Steyne carnival yesterday.
Ambulance officers treated 15 other lifesavers for injuries.
In the seventh heat of the surfboat race every boat turned over.
Injured men, floorboards and broken oars floated over an area of 200 yards.
G. Bell, of Freshwater, and L. Gamble, of North Steyne, were knocked unconscious.
Three lifesavers supported each of them.
They were brought in on lines and taken to Manly. Hospital.

Lifesavers rescued

Six lines were run out from the beach.
Surfboats, skis and surf boards helped rescue men and equipment.
One of the belt rescuers had to be brought ashore on a surfboard.
Two beltmen were injured.

Swept out

Freshwater and Newport boats were carried out a quarter-mile by a rip.
Two oarsmen swept out by the rip clung to the boats.
Surf Association chief superintendent Ken Watson said the waves were some of the biggest he had seen.
He ordered linesmen to pull in belt champions Max Whitehead and John Ashley after they had been in the surf for 10 minutes.
Open surf racers were swept 200 yards south of the carnival area.
Only two surfboard riders got through the surf.

Trove
1949 'Surfboats capsize: 17 hurt', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 16 January, p. 3. , viewed 20 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230243056

Tweed Daily
Murwillumbah, 19 January, page 2.

SURFBOARD RIDING AT KIRRA

Visitors to Kirra Beach saw an unusual display of surf-shooting on surfboards by members of .the Kirra Surf Life Saving Club, who were standing on their boards and shooting the waves out to sea, instead of towards the beach.
This was made possible by the action of big waves striking the retaining wall in front of the pavilion, and creating a backwash, with the outgoing waves lasting long enough to carry the surf boards riders for a considerable distances.

Trove
1949 'SURFBOARD RIDING OUT TO SEA AT KIRRA', Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949), 19 January, p. 2. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194572943

The Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday 1 February 1949, page 4.
Face Gashed In Surf Boat Mishap

The bow of a surf boat gashed the face of a life saver riding à surf board at Manly yesterday.
The lifesaver was Ray Leighton, 31, of Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay.
The gash extended almost from nose to ear.
Manly ambulance took him to hospital.

Trove
1949 'Face Gashed In Surf Boat Mishap.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 1 February, p. 4, viewed 16 June, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18103117

The Sunday Herald
Sydney, 6 February 1949, page 1.

Surfboard Tandem

This boy cooled off himself and his dog in yesterday afternoon's heat by a tandem ride on a surfboard off Bondi Beach.

Trove
1949 'Surfboard Tandem', The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953), 6 February, p. 1. , viewed 20 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18463965

The Australian Women's Weekly
26 March 1949, page 29.

HONOLULU SURF STARS PLAN VISIT HERE

HONOLULU identity Sam Steamboat, who competed in against Australian team at the big Pacific Surf Games.

While he was in Honolulu, Ray Leighton, former secretary of the surfboard section of the New South Wales Surf Life Saving
Association, made preliminary arrangements for teams from Honolulu's famous Outrigger Canoe Club and from California to visit Australia,
probably next summer.
These pictures show some of personalities certain to be included if teams come.

FAMOUS Outrigger Canoe Club, on Waikiki Beach, has dining room, cocktail lounge, volley-ball courts, outdoor beer garden.
It is decorated inside with bamboo and murals.

TRIO of enthusiasts, from left, "Dad" Center, foundation member of Outrigger Canoe Club, Waikiki, Ray Leighton, and Duke Kahanamoku, who introduced surfboards to Australia.

ÍNVENTOR of hollow surf-board, Tom Blake, left, with Preston Peterson, who is a champion Californian surfer.
Preston will be team member.

CHAMPION of Aloha Week Festival, Honolulu, "Blue Boy" Nakua, famous board rider.

SURFBOARD RACKS provided by Outrigger Canoe Club for members.
There are 370 in all, 20 yards from the water.
Boards drain, air circulates.
Method is ideal for storing boards in minimum space.
Committee of club has voted about £18,000 for further improvements.

Trove
1949 'HONOLULU SURF STARS PLAN VISIT HERE', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 26 March, p. 29. , viewed 15 Jun 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52259625

The Sun
Sydney, 30 March 1949, page 4.

Dumped:
A dumper at Bondi the other day landed 19-year-old Mervyn Boyle in Paddington Court today for stealing a surfboard.
He said there was a hole, in his own surfboard that day, "but there were good waves, and all the boys were out on their boards.
I saw a spare board on the beach, and took it out."
Unfortunately, a wave dumped him, and it put a hole in the board.
He said he knew he'd get into trouble, so he hid it behind the Golden Key nightclub.
He was fined £10.

Trove
1949 'SPOTLIGHT ON THE NEWS', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 30 March, p. 4. (LATE FINAL EXTRA), viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231069048

The Sun
Sydney, 3 April 1949, page 22.

SPORT NOTEBOOK

Allan Hull Says ...

Though the Surf Life Saving Association frowns on such things, the Terrigal Club will run a beach girl competition in conjunction with its Easter Monday carnival.
It will be quite a comprehensive show.
Women lifesavers, who patrolled the beach during the war, will have a full-scale carnival that includes surf, ski and surfoplane races, as well
as beach events.
The mere males will put on boat, surfboard and ski races as their contribution.

Trove
1949 'SPORT NOTEBOOK', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 3 April, p. 22. , viewed 20 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231070353

The Sydney Morning Herald
11 April 1949, page 5.

BRONTE LIFESAVERS RETRIEVE SURFBOAT

Bronte Club members trekking home with their surfboat yesterday morning. (Story below.)

Club-mates Rescue Surfboat Crew

Bronte lifesavers rescued five members of the club's surfboat crew after the boat was swamped in a dangerous surf yesterday morning.
The boat was caught sideways and swamped by a huge wave; then carried on to rocks at the northern end of the beach; then lifted off the rocks again by the backwash from the wave and swept right around the point to Tamarama Beach.

The members of the crew were Bob and Bill Wallace (brothers), Bruce Wallace (no relation), George Bulbert, and Eadie Jeffs.
Bob Wallace .was brought ashore in a semi-drowned condition.
The club swimming champion, Jack Foster, supported him without a belt until a line was brought out.
Four beltmen, Peter Frost, Jack Genney, Jack Stacey, and Dara Drewett, took part in the rescue.
When the boat was swept towards Tamarama about 30 club members followed it on foot along the rocks.
They were able to reach it in time to prevent it drifting on to the rocks at Tamarama.
"We are the luckiest surf club on the coast to still have our boat," said a club member, Ted O'Grady.
"But the stem and the gunwhale are split.
"The boat was out standing by during the running of the surfboard championship.
After the championship it caught a wave to come in.
The wave was just a bit too big.
The surf down near the rocks was really dangerous."

Trove
1949 'BRONTE LIFESAVERS RETRIEVE SURFBOAT', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 11 April, p. 5. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18110618

The Sydney Morning Herald
30 April 1949, page 12.

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Trove
1949 'Advertising', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 30 April, p. 12. , viewed 20 Jan 2017,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18113414

The Sydney Morning Herald
13 June 1949, page 1.

PENGUIN FOUND AT COOGEE

While members of the "Penguin" Swimming Club were enjoying their morning swim, yesterday a live penguin appeared just outside the baths at Coogee.
Surf-board riders, Joe Millard, 20, and Clyde Park, 18, chased it back and forth along Coogee Beach before capturing it.
Here, they are taking the penguin out to Wedding Cake Island, off Coogee.

Trove
1949 'PENGUIN FOUND AT COOGEE', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 13 June, p. 1. , viewed 20 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18118724

The Sunday Herald
Sunday 14 August 1949, page 35.

Belive BILL BEATTY
THIS IS AUSTRALIA ... First Surf-board.

The Sun
Sydney, 18 October 1949, page 5.

A DRY LESSON.

Stenographer Joan Beath, 18, of Vaucluse, King's Cross RSL sub-branch nominee for the
Miss King's Cross title in the Miss Australia Quest, insisted on having her first surfboard riding lesson on
the sand at North Bondi after a 10ft. shark had been seen in the surf.
Her instructor is former Australian surfboard champion, Keith Hurst.

Trove
1949 'They want to be nurses', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 18 October, p. 5. (LATE FINAL EXTRA), viewed 20 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229228229

Truth
Sydney, 4 December 1949, page 34.

SHORSESENSE

CLIVE INGLIS

IT WAS published in the Press during the week that E. P. Walker's estate had been proved; for probate at over £100,000
'Monty', as he was universally known, was a personality among owners and his death was a great loss to the game.
...
Many years later, I think it would be in the early 1930's, Monty and his wife were staying at Cannes in the south of France.
One day he saw an unusual three-masted schooner arrive and anchor just outside the harbor.
His curiosity was aroused, and he paddled out on his surfboard.
When he came near, a woman on board spoke to him in French, but Monty modestly checked her with:
'Je ne parle pas francais, Je suis Australien.'
Another girl then appeared and spoke to him in broken English; when she heard he was an Australian she asked him to come on board as her husband was an Aussie, too.
The invitation was immediately accepted, and no sooner was he on the boat,:than a tall man emerged from ; below, stared at him, and queried: 'Aren't you Monty Walker? Don't you remember me?
I'm David Townsend, who used to work with, you in the accountancy department of Burns Philp in Sydney many years ago.'

Trove
1949 'SHORSESENSE', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), 4 December, p. 34. , viewed 20 Nov 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168964930

The Sun
Sydney, 28 December 1949, page 23.

Fame in the name

Famous names in Rugby League were recalled when George Bishop beat Benny Wearing in the surfboard race at yesterday's North Narrabeen carnival.
They are sons of the famous internationals of the same name.
The youngsters, both Maroubra club members, are keener on surfing than football.
Bishop won the Australian surfboard title in 1947.

Trove
1949 'SPORT--and these who make it', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 28 December, p. 23. (LATE FINAL EXTRA), viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230738885

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