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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1944

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Yamba Week-end Bowls

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 6

The following, rink games were played during the week-end:--Sunday: McFarlane, Paine, Black, beat O'Keefe. Farlow. Thompson, 26--25…

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Boxing At Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 1

KEMPSEY, Sun.--J. Jones (10.7), of Wauchope, knocked out Clem Ritche (10.2), of Kempsey, in the ninth round last night. The bout was hard fought…

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Boxing Sydney Contest

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Queensland welterweight, Tommy burns (10.5½), knocked out Ron Heron, (10.0½), in the fourth round, at the Sydney Stadium…

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Small One Downs Willie Dingle Several Exciting Finishes Good Racing at Grafton Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 1

Small One toppled the favorites in the Fourth Division of the President's Stake, at the Grafton Greyhound Racing Club's meeting on Saturday, but…

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To Retire From Racing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.--As she has not recovered from injuries received when she struck the running rail during the Whittier Handicap at Caulfield on…

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Football Railways to Play Maclean at Week-end

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 4

The South Grafton Railways team will play the Maclean team at Ellis Park, South Grafton, next Sunday after noon at 3.15 o'clock…

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Amateur Boxing Tournament

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 2

The patriotic amateur boxing tournament, which has been organised by a sub-committee the South Grafton Patriotic and…

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Bowls Grafton Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 4

South Grafton Club have Invited two fours from the Grafton Bowling Club to play on their green' on Saturday afternoon. In accordance with this in…

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Tennis Flood Damage Repaired

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 2

The Handicap Tournament, despite expeditious use of time, has had to be continued for a further week-end. It is now at an interesting stage with…

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Golf Club to Hold Picnic Day

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 2

On Sunday, 24th September, the above will be holding a Picnic Day on the links, and an invitation is extended to all those interested in the…

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Football Hurricanes v. A.T.C.

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 4

The following is the South Grafton Hurricanes team to play No. 37 Squadron, A.T.C., at' Ellis Park next Sunday afternoon, at 2 p.m.: W. Orr, R. Mudeg,…

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Full Boxes Should Provide Keen Racing To-day's Greyhound Meeting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1944 · page 6

In contrast to recent weeks this afternoon's programme of the Grafton Greyhound Club contains many lull fields, with full boxes in six of the nine races…

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Boxing Brief Contest

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--The fight at the Sydney Stadium last night was the briefest for a very long time. A1 Watkins, 10.4, knocked out Alf Weymark, 10.2, within…

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Australian Airmen At Cricket

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.--With the exception of D. K. Carmody, who is a prisoner of war, and S. G. Sismey, the Australian Air Force took…

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Lively Bouts at Boxing Tourney, Saturday Night

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 1

With hard and clean fighting in each of the 12 bouts at McKittrick Park, South Grafton, on Saturday night, boxing was…

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Rugby League Clears Players

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.-The N.S.W. Rugby League Committee to-night unanimously passed a vote of complete confidence in the integrity of its players…

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Football Railways Defeat Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 1

Railways defeated Maclean by 23--15, in a hard, fast and enjoyable, game of football at Ellis Park, over the week- end. A feature was the speed of the…

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Coramba Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

Coramba senior team was at home to Karangi, on Sunday last, and after a pleasant day's tennis ran out winners, 54 games to 22 games. The play was…

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Illegal Lotteries At Football Matches

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--An officer of the Vice Squad revealed to-day that police, acting under instructions from the Chief Secretary's…

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Rail Transport Of Racing Dogs Banned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Commonwealth Director of Rail. Transport, Mr. Howse, announced, today a complete ban on the train…

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