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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1918

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Tamwortn Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

Tamworth Jockey club's meetins will open to-morrow(tuesday)and will be continued on wednesday.A number of local horsed are ongaged, and the prosdpocts of Never Down…

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Swimming Schools. Girls Beat the Boys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

Remarkably good results have been attained at the vacation swimming schools conducted by the Education Department during the Christmas holidays. The children were laught in squads…

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Boolaroo Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

The following entries have been received for the Anniversary Day meeting, to be held on Saturday next (Anniversary Day):— The Maiden Handicap: 6 furlongs.—My…

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New Park Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

On anniversary Day, Saturday Jan. 26th, there will be a day's bridle racing at New Park. The sport has been quiet for a long…

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Bowls. Electric Light Competition

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

The following will represent Singleton club on Lowlands club green to-night in competition for presentation shield, and will leave Singleton by 2.25 p.m. train:…

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Boxing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 14

Boxing bouts And vaudeville turns were provided at the Stadium on Saturday night for a big gathering of people. The ring events were mostly tournament bouts. Billy Long…

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Swimming Schools. Girls Beat the Boys

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 12

Remarkably good results have been attained at the vacation swimming schools conducted by the Education Department during the Christmas holidays. The children were taught in squads…

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Horse Racing in England. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 11

In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law, replying to persistent questioning, said that the War Cabinet considered that race horses consumed a trifling amount of…

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Boolaroo Races. Record Attendance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

A big holiday crowd attended Boolaroo Racing Club's meeting on Anniversary Day. It was a record crowd for the course, and the club's new secretary (Mr. P. Solomon),…

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Bowls. Champion Singles

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Play in the northern district champion singles competition commenced on most of the greens on Saturday. Representatives from Singleton Club played…

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Boxing. O'keefe Defeats Blake. London, Jan. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 7

At the National Sporting Club, in a boxing contest for the Lonsdale Belt, Pat O'Keefe knocked out Bandsman Blake. Wake was favourite. In the first round…

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Maitland Races

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

The secretary of Maitland Jockey Club istimates in our advertising columns that the usual special race train from Singleton has been cancelled, and…

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Maitland Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 7

Should the weather prove favourable there ought to be a big attendance at the Maitland Jockey Club's races at Rutherford to-morrow. Everything points to a successful…

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Rule of the Backward Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 4

The cabled reports of the address given by General Smuts before the Royal Geographical Society, in which he contrasted German and British view points on colonial and world…

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Muswellbrook Races

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

The programme of races to be held on the recreation ground on Saturday, 23rd instant, appears in another part of to-day's issue of the…

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Letter to the Editor. Racing in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of Thursday last appears a letter containing the following: "Racing is very necessary at any time, but doubly so in war time," Perhaps your correspondent…

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Maitland Races. Saturday's Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 4

With the mints or the week and the unsettled condition of the weather on Friday night, many were tipping a wet day for the Maitland Jockey Club's meeting at Rutherford on…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Abington (Massachusetts), Saturday. The sudden death is announced of John L. Sullivan, the well-known pugilist…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

There rings from Muswellbrook and [?] from Aberedeen played [?]our rings from Singleton Club on the local green on saturday afternoon. the visitors were defeated by 20 points…

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Bowls

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

The following will represent Singleton B team in the competition match on Saturday at Maitland Central green:— Whitfield, D. Smith, Jarman. Barrett…

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