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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1943

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Greyhound Racing Proposal Considered by Casino Ambulance

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday.—That the coursing club could be successfully run by the combined Ambulance, Hospital and Coursing Club…

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Red Army Races Westward Fall Of Taganrog, Novorossisk Near Hun Lines Pierced

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). — General Golikov's victorious forces are rolling on from Kharkov in pursuit of the defeated retreating Germans, and are driving rapidly towards Poltava, 75 miles to the west of Kharkov, without meeting any serious opposition…

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Lismore Golf Club Enlistments Reduce Membership

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 4

Despite enlistments and other causes attributable to war conditions, which considerably reduced membership and restricted income…

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Swimming Lismore Team for Kyogle

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 6

The Lismore Swimming Club at its meeting on Saturday night decided to send a team of swimmers to Kyogle next Saturday…

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Boxing T.K.O. to Sloane

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Les Sloane, New South Wales (10.7½), defeated Laurie Peterson, Queensland (10.8½), on a technical…

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Bowls Twin Towns Club's Good Year Financially

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 2

Mr Charles Morley and Mr A. W. K. Dane were re-elected as president and honorary secretary respectively of the Tweed Heads…

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Greyhound Racing Losing Da Y for Backers

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 3

Backers were well [?]l the mark at the Lismore coursing meeting on Saturday, and only two favourites in a programme of 10 races…

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Cricket Outright Win For R.A.A.F.

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 3

Taking advantage of Alstonville's collapse in the first innforced an outright win against ings, Air Force A on Saturday…

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Bowls at Mullumbimby

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 4

Games played on Mullumbimby bowling green on Saturday were: Fields, Taylor, Hungerford 24 v Torrens, Harrower, Lindsay 15…

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Swimming Challenge Events at Kyogle Visit By 80 Lismore Competitors

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 7

Kyogle Club committee on Friday afternoon completed arrangements for challenge events in which competitors from Lismore and Kyogle…

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Cricket Last Round in Second Half

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 5

At a meeting of the Lismore Cricket Association last night it was decided to terminate the second grade competition. A special…

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Bowls. Bangalow Club

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon the Bangalow Bowling Club welcomed visitors from Ballina. A challenge match resulted in a win for…

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Cricket Team

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 2

From the following a team will be chosen to represent old Digger members of Murwillumbah subbranch of the RSSAILA a…

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Cricket Wides and No-balls

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the Lismore District Cricket Umpires' Assedation, members were asked by pjayers and scorers for rulings as…

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Boxing Lurich Injured

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday,: — At the Leichhardt stadium last night, Tom Lurich injured his shoulder in the second round of a wrestling match…

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Bowls Tweed Heads Play

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

Weekend games played on Tweed Heads bowling green resulted: W. Walker, Stores, Winchester 23 v J. H. Harley, Nicoll, Quinlan…

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Bowls Casino Retains Palmer Feathers

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

CASINO, Sunday.—Kyogle Club accepted an invitation to send four rinks to Casino yesterday, including a challenge rink, for the Palmer Gold…

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Bowls Easy Win I[?] C'ship Game

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

Scoring on 18 of the 25 ends a rink skippered by Beecham easily won its game in the club rinks championship competition at the…

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Nazis Ban Races Newspapers To Be Restricted

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—According to Vichy radio, Dr. Heine has been appointed manpower supervisor. German newspapers…

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Dog Racing Fees Not To Be Enforced Until March 31

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Country Greyhound Racing Control Council to-day decided not to enforce immediately the racing licence fee of…

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