SWIMMING. P. Oliver Wins Kalgoorlie
Displaying excellent form, P. Oliver led all the way to win the 220 yards national swimming championship last night. The time, 2.24 2-5 sees., was slow…
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Mullumbimby Golf Club's Progress Mullumbimby
Mr. J. P. Walker was elected president and Mr. L. H. Smith, secretary, of the Mullumbimby golf club at the annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowls Close Finish Burrows Wins Lismore Club Championship
J. T. Burrows won the Lismore club's singles championship, defeating W. Blair by 31 points to 30. It was a great match throughout, and worthy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Golf. Twin Towns Stroke to G. SHAMBROOK
An 18-hole stroke handicap played yesterday afternoon on Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Golf Club's links for Mr. C. Wilsons trophy was won…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Casino Races. Fourth Win For Beeswax CASINO
The Grafton galloper, Beeswax, won his fourth race in succession when he scored in the Welter Handicap at the Casino Turf…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alstonville's Triumph Strong Grip On Premiership Victory in Three Grades Cricket
DEFEATING Northern Star outright in the seventh round of the Lismore District Cricket Association's first grade competition on Saturday, Alstonville went further ahead in the premiership. With only three more rounds to play, the country team is unlikely to lose its grip on the association's trophies. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coursing. Murwillumbah Meeting Anticipations
The Murwillumbah Hospital Coursing Club will hold another meeting to-night, when an attractive programme of nine events…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimming. To-night's Point Score Competition
To-night the Lismore Swimming Club will conduct another point score competition. The programme will include beginners, women's and men's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls Casino Club Casino
Games in the Casino Club's championship pairs competition resulted: J. Mison, W. Penhey 26 v. N. G. McMaster, F. Ebeling 13; B. Halpin,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENNIS. Lismore Night Competition
Following is the Lismore night competition draw for this week:—Mewings v. Konorigan I, Wednesday, town courts; Whian v. Woodlawn,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls Easy Wins in 1940 Singles
G. Rodgers and J. Kemp won their respective matches in Kyogle Club's 1940 singles championship competition on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bundamba Races Postponed
BRISBANE, Tuesday:—Owing to the sodden state of the track, the Bundamba races scheduled for to-morrow have been postponed till…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanical Coursing Fearless Fox at Lismore To-night
Fearless Fox, who won the third division at Casino on Saturday night, breaking 25 seconds for 440 yards, will be hard to beat at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ipswich Races Postponed BRISBANE
Owing to the sodden state of the track to-morrow's Ipswich races have been postponed until Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BOXING—No. 11 Skill of IN-sFIGHTING
Having dealt with the main features of the boxing technique based on exchanges of punches from long range, with occasional sallies to close quarters, we how come to a special phase of boxing, the skill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swimming Baths to Serve Twin Towns Buffer Area Proposed As Site
Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Surf Club Committee, at its February meeting, decided to ask Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A., to inquire if…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket. Dunoon Association Channon Road v. Terania Creek
In the Dunoon Association competition Channon Road were rather unlucky in not securing an outright victory over Terania Creek, as they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BOWLS Nimbin Club
The final of the singles championship of the Nimbin club was won by A. Whitney, who defeated his son, R. Whitney, 31-30. The match went to 42 ends and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TENNIS. Lismore Club's Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Lismore club will be held in the club house next Thursday night, February 15, when the annual report and balance sheet will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Murwillumbah Tennis Club
As advertised on page 7 of this issue the annual general meeting of Murwillumbah Tennis Club takes place in the Council Chambers at 8 p.m. on…
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