Cricket. Lower River Fixtures
Nov. 28.—Maclean v. Taloumbi, TaloumbiBrushgrove v. Lawrence, at Lawrence. Palmer's Island v. Harwood, Harwood, Dec.5—Lawrence v. Maclean, at Maclean…
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Sport, 1908
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Ulmarra Regatta
At a meeting of the Ulmarra Regatta Committee, held last week, the balance-sheet presented in connection with the recent regatta showed a nett…
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It is reported that Bill Squires has effected arrangements with Mr. M'Intosh for a match with Jack Johnson, whether the tall black wins or loses…
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The English Rugby Union has suspended Widdleton (Glebe), of the. Australian team of amateur footballers,, for having struck an opponent in the…
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The long-looked-for contest between America (represented by Beals Wright and F. B. Alexander) and Australasia (represented by Norman Brookes,…
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At the Sydney Municipal new Baths on Saturday afternoon the 500 yards Teams Championship of N.S. Wales created great excitement. The conditions were: Five…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Great crowds attend the indoor training of Burns and Johnson. of 5000 at the Stadium on Saturday to witness Burns, 1000 were women, who…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The Australian Rugby Union team beat Somerset by 8 to nil, Mandible played well. After fast and even play for 20 minutes M'Kivatt scored;…
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Southampton defeated Alumny Creek by 12 runs. Southampton 56—W. Want 5. S. Corcoran 18, A. Dorrington O. Childs 2, W. Corcoran 21, W. M'Dermiod 2, V…
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Alberts beat Ironbarks on the Racecourse in an all day match by 1 innings and 11 runs. Alberts 151—L. Everingham 68. E. Fischer 32, J. Perring 13, A. Howarth 9,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Brookes and Wright last and decided set was strongly contested, 22 games being necessary. In the end Wright won by 12 10. Result—…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Weights declared for the CARRINGTON STAKES, 6fur. (Run December 30.)…
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Flying Handicap, 4¼fur.—Clinker, 8-5 (Norris), 1; Bato, 7-1½ (Foy), 2; Lilly, 8-7 (Sleigh), 3. Betting: 2 to 1 against Clinker and Fern Villa. Won by a length. Time,…
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The Brisbane Jockey Club's meeting took place at Albion Park, with the following results:— Trial Handicap, 5fur.—Lucky Boy, 9-5,…
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Kogarah Stakes, 1m.—Mery Light, 6-10 (Lamond), 1; Indicia, 9-5 (Clifton), 2; Very Canny (imp.) 7-4 (Smith), 3. Four other ran. Betting; 5 to 4 v. Very…
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A Referendum on Defence is what the circumstances call for. Mr. Wade is slow in proposing a reduction of members. On Saturday next, the Australian team of amateur footballers-- the "Wallabies" play at Richmond, the Anglo-Welsh team which recently Mr. H. D M'Intosh has received a cablegram from New York, stating that the beating in most of the American cities in connection with F. Wootton, the popular lightweight jockey, formerly of Sydney, rode four winners one day last week at the Birmingham meeting. The monthly meeting of the above was held at Ulmarra yesterday. The Mayor (Aid. C. Napper) presided and Aldermen Forsythe, McPhee, An unconfirmed report states that a detachment of the Thirty-fourth infantry, which was proceeding to Bosnia, lost four men owing to on In the Assembly to-night Mr. Lee (Minister for Works), introduced a motion authorising the construction of the line from Casino to Kyogle, as Bulgaria is willing to pay £440,000 for the Oriental Railway and capitalisation of the Roumelian tribute. The "Times" says the language The Seat of Government Bill was read a second time and passed into committee in the House of Representatives to-day. At the inquest on the victims of the Paddington tragedy on Friday, which was held this morning, the Coroner found that William Mather died from The Assembly sat all last night discussing the Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill in committee, reading the Industrial Disputes In the Assembly to-night, Mr. Briner asked the Secretary for Lands : "Wits regard to the application made some time ago to have the village or town The mysterious American yacht Coronet sailed for Hobart this afternoon. It was intended to dock the vessel here, but on making inquiries it was The Kee Jang (45) a Chinese storekeeper, was found unconscious this morning on the floor of his shop in Globe-street, City, in a pool of blood News has just reached Sydney that four officers of the American Fleet, as a result of their conduct while in Australia, have been tried by The steamer Tofua, which arrived from Suva (Fiji) to-day, brought news of a murder at Nadi. An Indian woman was found dead, with her throat John Harvey, 18, the night officer in charge of the railway gates on the Sydney Road at Liverpool, was cut to pieces by the Melbourne express The Customs and Excise revenue for November totals £860,922 as against £966,126 in November, 1907, a decline of over £100,000 for the month. In New South Wales the falling off was Some important amendments were made by the Legislative Council in the Lands Act Amendment Bill last evening. On the motion of Mr. A bible at the Melbourne City Court, which had been kissed by a person suffering from cancer, at the suggestion of a solicitor was burnt so as The report of Mr. J. B. Trivett, the Government Statistician, on the vital statistics of the Metropolis for November shows that there were 1261 births The Amending Electoral Act Bill was tabled by Mr. Mahon (Minister for Home Affairs) in the House of Representatives last night and was A number of references to the need for a High Commissioner were made in the House of Representatives last evening. Incidentally, the status of In the Victorian Assembly yesterday the debate on the Treasurers budget took a sensational turn. Mr. J. Cameron attacked the Government's Carumar Moran Visited Strathfield yesterday, for the purpose of blessing the new novitiate and training college of the Christian Brothers. Reference The case in which Billy Wilson (an aboriginal) is charged with the murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Section, was resumed at Georgetown At Hobart, William Sutcliffe was committed for trial on a charge of shooting at William Omay, with intent, at Bellerive (near Hobart). A sad drowning fatality occurred at Plenty (Tas.) yesterday. A brother and sister named Watkins went into the river to bathe. The boy (Jesse, An earthquake was experienced at Whakatane (N.Z.) yesterday. The shock was 30 seconds shorter but more severe that that experienced at The relief ship Nimrod left Lyttalton yesterday for the Antarctic, carrying stores to Lieutenant Shackleton and has party. The Nimrod's commander In a rather tame contest, because it was very much one-sided, Ted Nel[?]on compelled Danny Sullivan (the American middle weight) to withdraw Horatio Bottomiley, M.P., the famous barrister, financier and racehorse owner, has been summoned to answer a charge of conspiracy to These have been 361,197 applications for old-age pensions in England. The elections in Turkey are proceeding. The Armenians and Jews are voting solidly with the Turks throughout Constantinople. The Greeks alone A dense fog prevailed in Paris yesterday and many serious accidents occurred at crossings. A train collided with a carriage containing wedding The South African Closer Union Conference, now sitting in Capetown, unanimously favours the unification of the South African colonies, on the Mr. Stedman, M.P., who has been visiting Germany, reports that the German workman has longer hours for less pay, but is better cared for The first clause in the English Education Bill, giving State aid only to publicly-controlled schools, was carried in the House of Commons, after an When walking to church at Washington on Sunday, President Roosevelt was knocked down by a motor car. The President was not hurt, but he Renewed racial riots have occurred at Prague (the capital of Bohemia) where the gendarmerie cleared the streets at the point of the bayonet. His Holiness the Pope is suffering from a feverish cold and his doctors have ordered him to take a week's rest. It is reported in Newfoundland that the United States Government intends to claim at the Hague Tribunal, when the fisheries dispute is submitted for Mr. w. J. Bryan, the defeated candidate for the United States Presidency, has had a sensational adventure while hunting in Mexico. Mr. The majority of the Marianna miners were Englishmen and Americans It is supposed that a miner struck a pocket of natural gas which ignited, causing…
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The Coff’s Harbor sent a team to Coramba on Saturday to play a match against Glenreagh, and suffered defeat. The scores were:—…
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The world’s championship matches were entered upon last Friday in Melbourne, there being 3000 present to watch the play for the first round…
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The Aorangi arrived at Brisbane from Vancouver on Tuesday. Amongst the passengers was n contingent of American and Canadian pugilists, who were travelling to…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Rugby Union match against Midlands resulted in a fast and oven game. In the first half Midlands scored, which was not converted…
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