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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1873

2 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Swimming

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 4

J. B. JOHNSON, is a very muscular man. He has peculiarities structure that give him easy floatage on water. For a wager, he was put up by sportsmen to swim across the…

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Scottish Gathering v. Taree Regatta. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 December 1873 · page 2

SIR :—I have read several letters lately in the Manning Times (all writen no doubt by the same person), who is trying all in his power to prevent any of the Taree people from going to…

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