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Sport, 1944

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Bowls At Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

Spoon competition (pairs) played on the Corowa bowling green resulted: Wells And Reghetti Adams and Turner: Kemp and Pearse [?] Kelghery and…

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Coursing Olive’s Image for Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

The Albury coursing Club will hold a meeting this afternoon. The first race of an 8-event programme is timed to start at 2.30…

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Small Boy Hurt at Swimming Pool

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 2

Graeme, 4 years old son of Pte G. W. Phipps, a POW in Germany, was playing at the Corowa swimming pool on the river yesterday when he fell…

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Good News for Tennis Players

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

News has been received from Nolan Bros, that arrangements have been completed to have old tennis balls re-covered and re-conditioned. For a considerable…

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Case Against Racing Identity Adjourned SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

All adjournment until February of two charges against Richard Peter Cruise, of Rose Bay, well-known racing identify, of having been knowingly concerned in the…

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Week-end Bowls

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

The Albury Bowling club, apart from the WAC competition, continued its afternoon ten games on Saturday. Warm weather and variable greens made bowling…

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Services—civilians’ Swimming Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

Representatives of the Services and Albury Swimming Club will, meet tonight to draw up a programme for the Combined Services and civilians’ swimming carnival…

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Boxing Poor Championship Bout Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

The 15-round boxing bout at the stadium tonight for the light-heavyweight championship of Australia between Jack Johnson (12.8) and Young Frisco (12.0) was a…

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Cricket A.t.c. Defeats R.a.a.f

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the ATC cricket team defeated RAAF on High School ground. Details: ATC— Trainor [?] Gillespie,…

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Swimming Instructor Rescued

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

The learn-to-swim campaign at Grafton swimming baths took a twist when an onlooker had to rescue the swimming instructress, Miss Phemister…

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Bowls at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Play for the Skehan Cup on Corowa bowling green resulted: Hyeronimus, Wilmot, Robertson, Perrin (Corowa) d Whitburn, S. Stott, A. Stanton. Jasper…

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Swimming Carnival at Finley

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

Attention is directed to the advertisement announcing a swimming carnival at Finley to be held in the Mulwala Canal on Monday January 31, in aid…

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Big Swimming Carnival on January 29

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

A monster Service and civilian swimming carnival will be held m Albury Olympic Pool on Saturday, January 29. commencing at 7.30 o’clock. The net proceeds…

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Fighting--men and Women Excel in Athletics

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 4

First Australian Base Ordnance Depot conducted the second of a series of sports meetings on the picturesque Bandiana oval on Sunday. The oval in a few months has virtually been hacked from scrubland, and, in addition, to all necessary appointments, possesses numerous reed…

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Triangular Bowls

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 5

The following players of Albury Bowling Club are selected to play in the triangular bowls competition on Saturday: Albury No. 1A to play Albury No. 2A at…

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Swimming Carnival Reminder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 5

All entrants In the handicap events in the Combined Services and civilians’ swimming carnival on Saturday night, January 29, are reminded that their times must be…

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Bowls Jerilderie Retains Steele Cup by Narrow Margin

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 3

The first match this season for the Steele Challenge Cup was played on Wednesday evening of last week, when Berrigan teams visited…

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Premier Pleased With State’s Racing Club SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 3

Racing was a premier sport, but the Federal Government did not agree with this, said the Lord Mayor (Ald Bartley) today. He was speaking at…

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Germany Say They Have Evacuated Heavily Fortified Novgorod Red Army Smashes Onwards Racing Towards Leningrad Narva Railway ONLY 12 Miles From Vital Life-line London. January 20

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 1

Novgorod, heavily defended German base on the northern Russian front, has been evacuated as the Red Army smashes forward. The withdrawal was announced by Berlin radio…

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Bowls at Culcairn

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1944 · page 6

The third round of the Wilson Cup played at Culcairn bowling green resulted:— W. Schultz. F. Goninon, P. Hoy lost to A. Short. N. G. Schultz. W. J. Conley; beat…

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