Port Macquarie Annual Regatta[?]
THE Port Macquarie annual regatta [?] place on Thursday last, on the usual [?] at Settlement Farm, and the event [?] witnessed by about 600 people. [?]…
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Rollands Plains J.C. Races
THE annual race meeting of this place came off on boxing day, under most favourable circumstances, the weather being all that could be desired for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inter-District Cricket Match. [By Telegraph.] Friday, 7.30 p.m
Port Macquarie in their first innings made 116, Macleay all out for 20. Macleay followed on, and have seven wickets down for 56. Bowling and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Port Macquarie Regatta
The Port Macquarie annual regatta took place on Thursday last, on the usual course at Settlement Farm, and the event…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hamilton Regatta
On Saturday last, the anniversary of the colony, the only recreation provided for the public was a regatta which had been arranged to take place over the usual course at Settlement Farm. This was in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frederickton Regatta
TH[?] above important event took place at Frederickton on last Saturday. A large number of people were present from Kempsey and other parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Fights. A Disgusting Form of Sport which is Very Popular in China
There is scarcely any form of sport that is not made the occasion of gambling, but one of the most out-of-the-way examples is the following. The game is not very elevating,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stewart's Point Regatta. Queen's Birthday
Whether it was in honor of the birthday of the Queen, a trip down the river and back, or the regatta at Stuart's Point that drew so many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lawn Tennis
On Saturday last a tennis match was played on the Kempsey lawn tennis ground between the Frederickton and local clubs. The afternoon was fine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Merriwa Races
THE races, as advertised came off on May 24th, when there was a very good attendance and everything passed of in a very satisfactory manner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Football
A football match, Kempsey v. Lower Macleay, took place on the Leamington grounds on Saturday last, which resulted in a victory for the local team,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FOOTBALL. To the Editor
SIR,--Kindly allow me through the columns of your valuable journal to contradict some unfounded and unnecessary remarks made by one "Drop-kick" in your contemporary of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Football
On Saturday last the return match, West Kempsey v. Central, was played at Old Leamington, when West Kempsey won by a goal and a try to a try,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railroad Racing Dog
A man in America has a small terrier dog that is surprising the people of his town by his abilities as a runner. Every evening during the summer, when the 6.45 train from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greenhill Races
Thursday brought to a close an off-meeting in connection with the Upper Macleay Jockey Club, aud considering the short notice that was given to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing. [By Cable] London
The fight between Peter Jackson and Smith, the English champion, for the prize of £1000 presented by the Pelican Club, took place to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kempsey Regatta
A PRELIMINARY meeting to arrange for the holding of a regatta in Kempsey on Boxing Day, was held on Wednesday evening. From all we see and know…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing. London
Sullivan, the American champion, has challenged Peter Jackson to fight for a purse of twenty-five thousand dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notes on Cricket
In Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" it is well depicted how really sad it is to visit the scenes of by-gone days, and see all the happy associations of one's youth crumbling and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kempsey Regatta
THE Regatta was witnessed by a fair number of spectators, yesterday, who began to muster towards mid-day along the river bank and on the various…
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