Bowls of Long Ago
Bowls is one of the oldest of outdoor pastimes. It has been traced ,back certainly to the 13th century. Biased bowls were first introduced in…
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Fish Chokes Man Swallowed It While Swimming
A small fish entered Samuel Artard's throat while he was swimming in Russell River, Cairns, on Thursday and choked him…
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We have had a glance over a programme for a northern picnic race meeting. It represented a Birthday Meeting to be held on some…
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Last Wednesday a stroke competition was played, Mrs. Edwards being the winner. To-day (Wednesday) an electric…
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Skipper Bill Marshall, of Port Macquarie, was on deck again on Tuesday when he brought a rink of bowling visitors across to Kempsey…
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A competition has been formed at Smithtown comprising three teams, Gladstone, Smithtown and Nestles. The competition starts next Sunday,…
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The first round, 18 holes, of a trophy competition starts on Sunday, play commencing at 2 p.m., sharp. All members and intending members…
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Last Saturday our president won the flag competition. He, Bert McNally, Perc Mavin and Ron Elford bettered par. However, the president…
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We have had a glance over a programme for a northern picnic race meeting. It represented a Birthday Meeting to be held on some…
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Thursday was another bright day at the green, with a good roll up. M. Kearns, A. Lindman and "Bill" Vesey easily defeated F. Crapp, T…
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Tennis players were favoured with good weather for the week-end games. The courts were in excellent order and there was a big…
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A meeting was held at the club house on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. W. F. Summerville (vice-president) occupied the chair, and there was a good…
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Smithtown played Nestle's at Smithtown on Sunday last in the first £20 competition game, resulting in a win for Nestle's 3 to nil. It was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowls State Fours to Hamilton
Hamilton won the final of the State [?]ours championship at the City Club's [?]reen on Saturday afternoon, beating Burwood by 36 to 17. It was the…
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Cliff Tarlinton, who has been playing consistently of late, headed the field in the Stableford competition last Saturday. Cliff is displaying good…
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Mr. S. Corbett, who is now established at Bellimbopinni with his greyhounds, has been meeting with success at Grafton. The meeting before…
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Mesdames C. Monro, K. Crane and A. Brorson were the organisers of a successful tennis party held on the Park Courts last Saturday. £2/7/2…
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A cold, bleak week-end kept a number of tennis players from the courts; nevertheless approximately 30 players were present on Saturday,…
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A conference of delegates comprising the Patriotic Racing Clubs' Association will be held in West Maitland this week-end. Representatives…
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The competition for Wednesday, 30th June, was an celetic, which was won by Mrs. O'Donohue and Mrs. Edwards, both bringing in a 44 net score. It…
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