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Sport, 1938

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First Football Dance at Wentworth Cabaret

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 1

About 200 were present at Katoomba Football Club's first dance, held at The Wentworth Cabaret last Tuesday night…

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Exciting Racing Story Broadcast by 2Ka

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 1

To-night at 8.3O. and every night until July 21, and thereafter every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 2KA…

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The Betting Evil N.s.w. Rugby League Moves to Suppress

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 2

The N.S.W. Rugby Football League has thrown its support into the fight to suppress off the course betting in this State…

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Katoomba School Column Annual Athletic Carnival

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 3

The annual athletic carnival of the Katoomba Intermediate. High School is to be held at the Showground on Wednesday, July 27…

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The Lure of Golf

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 2

August 20 will see an influx of 160 golfers to Medlow Bath. They will stay at. "The Hydro" and play golf during the week-end on the…

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Wentworth Falls News Tennis

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 2

A very successful tournament was held on Sunday last, on the Wentworth Falls tennis courts. The prizes were donated by Mrs. Haines,…

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Football Manners Athletic Club Defeats Katoomba. Game Should Have Favored Locals

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

The second game since the formation of the new club at Katoomba, was played at the Showground on Sunday…

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Swimming Baths (To the Editor)

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Sir,--Apparently if some move is not made by the residents of Went- worth Falls, the proposed swimming baths will never materialise…

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Valley Farm Racing Club a Year of Progress

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Valley Farm Racing Club will be held in the council chamber of the Katoomba Town Hall on Wednesday,…

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Football Team to Play South Sydney To-morrow

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 2

Katoomba Football Club has made arrangements to meet a team from South Sydney at the local Showground to-morrow…

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A Boxing Champion Tells Pages From the History of Dave Smith's Career

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 3

Much interest was evoked recently by the publication of incidents from the early career of the ex-Australian heavyweight boxing champion, Mr. Dave Smith. Further episodes have been kindly provided by this…

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A Boxing Champion Tells Dave Smith Reviews His Hardest Fights

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

Further episodes in the colourful career of the ex- Australian heavyweight champion, Mr. Dave Smith, who is now resident in Katoomba. Often I have been asked with…

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Football Local Team Improving South Sydney Wins 23-13

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 3

Although again defeated by the visiting team, the local footballers are showing such improvement in their style and tactics that…

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Tennis Mixed Competition

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

The mixed tennis competition commenced on Sunday afternoon last, when eight teams competed. There was some fine tennis, and the…

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Annual Meeting Valley Farm Racing Club Mr. R. Bennett Re-elected President Years Profit £34

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Blue Mountains only turf organisation at the town hall on…

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Football Team From Emu Plains Next Week-end

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 1

The Katoomba footballers, after meeting teams from metropolitan clubs, are quite, anxious to be matched against a club closer to…

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Swimming Pool Wated at Wentworth Falls

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 2

Councillor Horrex was responsible for directing council's attention to the need for a swimming pool at Wentworth Falls…

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Golf Katoomba Club Committee Meets

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 1

Illness prevented several members of the Golf Club executive from attending the monthly meeting on Monday night. The President…

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A Boxing Champion Tells Early Days of Film Industry in Sydney

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 4

Mr. Dave Smith, who is now a resident, of Katoomba, tells of some humorous experiences in the early days of the film industry in Sydney. Naturally, there are a few K.O.'s as one would except where the ex-heavyweight…

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Bowls Katoomba Club

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 2

During the past week our local members have been fairly constant on the green, and some interesting games have been contested…

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