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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1924

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International Rugby. Ireland Beat Wales. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

At Cardiff the weather was sunny and there were forty-five thousand spectators, including the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay…

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His First International. Ramsay Macdonald at Rugby Match. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

Scenes typical of Welsh fervor greeted the appearance of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald at the Rugby international…

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Sculling. Hannan Seeks Races. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 1

Hannan, who intends to settle in Auckland, suggests that a race with Arnst is likely in the near future. Hannan is very anxious to row Paddon. McDevitt…

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Coff's Harbor Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 3

The annual general meeting of the above club, was held in the Coff's Harbor school of Arts on Tuesday, March 4, when about 20 members were present. The…

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Cricket

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

A match took place on the local ground last Saturday between Tyringham and Dorrigo. The visitors arrived early and a start was made…

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Swimming Carnival a Successful Afternoon

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

The swimming carnival held at the weir on Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the Dorrigo Swimming Club was in every way a success…

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The Beginnings of Golf. Royal Associations

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

Pepys, in his diary, tells of having seen the Duke of York playing golf. The game is of Scotch origin and was played in the lowlands of that country as early…

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Swimming. To-night's Big Carnival Brilliant Lighting--excellent Sport

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 4

The Grafton Swimming Baths presented an unusual spectacle last night when the electric illuminations were switched on for a try-out for to-night's carnival…

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Correspondence [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents—KD.) The Sport of Swimming (To the Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

Sir, —One can almost see in Dumper a last letter not only an admission of defeat bet an appeal for sympathy, in his lost moments, Yet…

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Grafton Golf Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

At a meeting of the committee of the Grafton Golf Club on Tuesday evening it was decided to open the season on Saturday, March 29, with mixed…

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Tennis South Grafton Club, Annual Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 6

The annual meeting of the South Grafton Tennis Club was held at the "Popular" on Wednesday evening, when a good number of new and old members…

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Football. English Team to Visit Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

Capt. L. M. Gordon, president of the Richmond River Rugby League, announced at the annual meeting of that body on Monday night that as a result…

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Grand Swimming Carnival Grafton Club's Success. First Night's Results. Magnificent Record

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

A huge attendance witnessed the grand swimming carnival of the Grafton Amateur Swimming Club last night, when Same magnificent racing and…

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Educational. School Swimming Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 3

The successful competitors in the recent Swimming carnival will receive their prizes at a date to be decided upon later. All lists in connection with the…

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Swimming Carnival. Most Successful Function. Concluding Night's Results

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

By far the most successful swimming carnival ever staged in Grafton was concluded at the local Municipal Baths last night, before an attendance exceeding…

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SWIMMING Longworth Coaches Juniors. Importance of Leg Movement. the Six-beat Crawl

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

The visiting swimmers, N. Longworth and C. Stuart, spent the whole of yesterday in the Grafton swimming baths performing stunts and…

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CRICKET N.S.W. v. Taranaki. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 1

The New South Wales cricket team commenced a match with North Taranuki, New Zealand, at the local ground. In the first innings North Thranaki were…

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Maclean Easter Regatta. Big Attractions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 3

In conversation with tho secretary of the Maclean Rowing Club, it was learned that Maclean is going to have a real eye-opener on Easter Monday when the…

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Lower Clarence Football. Rocky Club Re-formed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 6

A meeting of the Rocky Football Club was held in P. Giese's refreshment rooms on Thursday flight last, when there were present Messrs. Kent. Stokes,…

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Norman Brookes. Playing Tennis at Nice. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

Norman Brookes, the Australian tennis player, playing at Nice (France) his first appearance in Europe since 1919 dropped a set to V. Landau, a young…

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