Aug. 30.
The first Rugby Test Match between Australia and the touring British team was played here today and resulted ina win for Australia by six points to five—
Boulogne, Aug. 28.
'A Bristol girl, Biss Elsie West, who is only nineteen years of age, left Cap Gris Nez at 10.35 yesterday evening to swim the English Channel. She was only 64 miles from South Foreland, after nine hours, and there was every hope of her breaking Miss Gertrude Ederle's record of 14 hr. 24 min... established on August 6, 1926. Unfortunately, she was overtaken by heavy mist and was forced to give up, through exhaustion, when only three miles!
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