Rowing Club Regatta
The principal rendezvous for holiday-makers in Albury on New Year's Day was the lagoon where the rowing club held a regatta. A very large number of people…
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Swimming Fatality
Henry Poulton, residing at Newtown, was swimming with several companions in a waterhole at the Jubilee brickworks at St. Peter's this afternoon when he got out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fighting Parson. Queensland's Boxing Idol
A parson with a black eye is a rare sight, but such a spectacle was witnessed at tho last championships conducted by the North Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing. Dave Smith Defeats Lester. SYDNEY
Dave Smith won in the fourteenth round in the boxing contest with Lester, the latter being disqualified on a foul. The familiar quotation about a little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Daye Smith Outpoints Lester. Lester Had No Change. Sydney
The fight between Dave Smith (11st. 12lb.) and Lester (12st. 2¾lbs.) took place in the Stadium to-night, before a big crowd. Smith easily outpointed Lester in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International Tennis. The Contest for the Davis Cup. Australians in the Lead. SYDNEY
The Davis Cup contests commenced at Christchurch yesterday. Australia got the first leg in, as Brookes defeated Wright by 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; or twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby Football. Australasia Defeats England. London
The Australasian Rugby team of footballers now touring Great Britain had an easy win yesterday. when they met a combined English team…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boxing Day Sports
A sports meeting under the auspices of the Balranald Sports Club was held on the Recreation Reserve on Boxing Day and proved a successful day's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ivanhoe Races
The races which were to have been held on the 26th, had to be postponed till Wednesday the 27th nit, owing to rain. The was a large attendance, splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balranald Racing Club
A committee meeting of the above Club was held at Tattersall's Commercial Hotel on Monday evening, 18th ultimo, when the following members were in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Kidney Punch Prohibited. Paris
Following the example set by many leading athletic institutions, the Wonderland Francais has prohibited the use of the kidney punch in boxing. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Skull As Football. Identified As a King's. Vienna
The skull which children were discovered using as a football a day or two ago has been identified as that of King Alexander I of Servia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Regatta at Albury
The principal attraction at Albury for the holiday was the regatta at Doctor's Point. This was promoted by the recently-formed Rowing Club, and the outing was…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Lake Moodemere Regatta
The fifty-first annual regatta under the auspices of the Murray Rowing Association took place on Monday at Lake Moodemere in ideal holiday weather, the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Darktown Regatta Tragedy
A tragic occurred at Lyttleton (N.Z.) regatta on Monday. One of three men had been performing in the water in what was called a "Darktown crew event." One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Regatta Luncheon. To the Editor
Sir,--I think, in fairness to its many patrons, the committee in charge of the annual New Year's Day regatta should see that they are not imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tennis at Jindera. Jindera
Dear Uncle Jeff,—It has been very hot about here. We had some good rain in December. We have finished stripping. We have only one parrot, and he is a good…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wahgunyah Football Club Dance
The dance held at Wahgunyah Public Hall by the local football club on New Year's Night was an exceptionally successful event, and enjoyable in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Rowing Association. Regatta at Lake Moodemere. an Enormous Attendance
The regatta at Lake Mo[?] on New Year's Day was probably the most successful and enjoyable of its [?] over held at that place, and the M.R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boxing. Will M'vea and Johnson Meet?
"Will M'Vea and jonnson, the colored boxers fight for tho world's championship in Sydney?" Arrangements for the fight had been made for Easter Monday, but…
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