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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1941

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Lismore Boxing Whitney Takes North Coast "Heavy" Title

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 5

Billed as the heavyweight championship of the North Coast, the main bout at the boxing in the Lismore Federalette last night…

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Cricket Inter-district Match Next

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 5

Because of the public holiday next Monday the Lismore Association's competition fixtures will be suspended next Saturday, for a week…

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Swimming First Carnival of Season

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 8

After considerable delay, due to electricity restrictions and wet weather, the Lismore club conducted its first carnival of the season…

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Ajax Retires From Racing

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ajax, who can fee regarded as one of Australia's best turf performers, has retired from racing. His part owner, Mr. A. W. Thompson, said to-day…

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Bowls. Twin Towns Club Committee Meeting

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club Committee, at its January meeting, decided to hold the annual meeting on Friday, February 21…

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Mech. Coursing Casino Club's Programme Tetrarch For Handicap

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 6

Following its brilliant performance on a wet track at Lismore on Saturday night Tetrarch is expected to win the president's handicap at the Casino…

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Cricket Clunes v. Kyogle Assocn

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 8

The following team will represent Climes Association in the interdistrict fixtures against Kyogle Association, at Casino on Monday, January 27 at…

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Cricket. Message From Hitler to Petain Victoria Leads Costly Mistakes by Q'land

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday:—Bad fielding errors and the employment of questionable bowling tactics contributed to one of LONDON, Tuesday:—The Swiss Radio quotes an official statement from Vichy which states that Marshal Petain received the Nazi…

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Mechanical Coursing. Rosy Herald Takes Handicap

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

CASINO, Wednesday.—With the advantage of two and a half yards better handicap than when Tetrareh beat her…

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Cricket. Win For Victoria on 1st. Innings

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday:—The patriotic cricket match, Victoria versus Queensland, concluded to-day, Victoria…

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Cricket Teams Inter-district Games on

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

There will be no matches in the Lismore Association competition on Saturday, the fixtures having been postponed for a week on account of the…

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Coursing. 11 Races at Tweed Heads To-morrow Night

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

Five heats and the final of an Anniversary Handicap for £50 prizemoney are included in the programme to be conducted…

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Mech. Coursing Match Race Postponed

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday.—The King CloudMaisie Mac match race, which was to have been run on February 1, has been postponed…

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Swimming Coach's Visit to Lismore

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 8

Mr. S. B. Grange, honorary assistant secretary of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, will arrive in Lismore next Sunday…

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Golf Notes Pat Molloy's Record

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

By doing the 18 holes, in a Saturday competition, with 86 off the stick (net 63), and coming down another three (to 20) Pat Molloy, of Coraki…

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Mechanical Coursing. Ballina Meeting To-morrow Night's Draw

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

The Ballina club will hold meetings tomorrow and Monday nights. The draw for to-morrow night is as follows:- Maiden Stake, 300 yds.. Wilber's Boy,…

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Cricket. Teams for Week-end

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

Colts cricket team to play Railway on Knox Park, Saturday: N. Goodrich, T. O'Connor, J. Buckley, T. Buckley, W. Craig, T. Loadsman, L…

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CRICKET Kyogle, Clunes Game To Decide Interdistrict Premiership Vital Match at Casino

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

The destiny of the Far North Coast Council's 1910-41 premiership will he decided by the meeting in Casino on Monday of the leading teams, Kyogle and Clunes. The teams were level at the end of Hie second round of games, each having an outright…

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Scheme For Swimming Tuition May Fail

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 7

Lismore Swimming Club may be forced to abandon the proposal whereby free tuition in swimming was to have been given in the town…

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Coursing. Big Programme at Tweed Heads To-night

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 2

A programme of 11 events will be decided at Tweed Heads tonight, including five heats and a final of the Anniversary Handicap…

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