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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1943

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Rubber Shortage Serious Probelm for Tennis Assn

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 4

Considerable difficulty is being experienced by Lismore and District Tennis Association in procuring supplies of balls for the…

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Boxing T.K.O. Win to Bantam Weight Champion

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Les. Brooks (8.7½), Australia's bantamweight champion, defeated Joe Kerwich (8.5[?]) on a technical…

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Greyhound Racing Ted Harlaxton Takes Final of Handicap

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 3

After running second in the fastest heat of the handicap at the Lismore coursing meeting on Saturday, Ted Harlaxton surprised by…

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Cricket Slade Scores 185 In Hurricane Knock Sth. Lismore in Trouble

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 3

Scoring 379 runs for the loss of only four wickets, Marist Bros, kept South Lismore, winners of the minor premiership, in the field all the afternoon on Saturday when the second round of the…

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Swimming Record

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday: At Columbus. Ohio, today, Henry Kowlowski broke the 20 years old freestyle swimming record by half a second…

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Bowls Mullumbimby Play

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 2

W. Harrower and V. Bassett won the B grade championship pairs of Mullumbimby Bowling Club on Saturday afternoon when they…

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Swimming Instructor at Bangalow

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 4

Mr. W. Lucas, the swimming instructor who visited Bangalow in connection with the "Learn to Swim" campaign, spent a busy two…

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Swimming Concluding Carnival To-morrow

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 3

To-morrow afternoon the Lismore Swimming Club will conduct the final events for the season. It has been the practice for some…

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Casino Golf Season Officially Opened

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 2

CASINO, Monday.—The official opening of the 1913 golf season took place at the Casino Links on Saturday afternoon in the presence…

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Lighthouse Beach Surf Races

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 6

BALLINA, Monday.—Races were conducted by Ballina-Lighthouse-Lismore Surf Life Saving Club at Lighthouse Beach yesterday, for…

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Swimming Lismore Club Season Ends To-day

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

The final events of the Lismore Swimming Club's season will be decided at the Memorial Baths this afterno[?], when the age…

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G.p. League to Assist R.a.a.f. Football Team

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 4

A meeting of the Lismore Girls' Patriotic League last night agreed, to support the R.A.A.F. football team to play in the Lismore…

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Swimming Carnival Postponed

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 4

On account of heavy rain throughout yesterday afternoon, the Lismore Swimming Club's carnival was postponed. The carnival will…

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Swimming Baths to Close on May 2

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

Murwillumbah swimming baths will be closed for the season on Sunday, May 2. Murwillmbah Municipal Council decided this at…

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Rugby League Opening Games in Lismore on

Northern Star · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 6

Opening Games in Lismore on Sat. Two matches to be played on the Recreation Ground on Saturday will mark the opening of the 1943…

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Swimming Twelve New Records Made at I.h. School Carnival

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 7

Twelve records--three each by John Moyle and Beryl Hayter--were broken at the annual carnival of Kyogle I.H. School at Kyogle Baths on Wednesday. Fegan House won the inter-house competition, scoring 225 points to Richmond's 115…

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Golf Far Competition to-day

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 5

On the Lismore links this afternoon, an 18 holes par competition will be held for a trophy donated by V. Burchall. Players are requested…

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Rugby League Games Promise Of Good Football

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 5

Form in the trial Rugby League game at the Lismore Recreation Ground on Saturday indicated that the "stars" of the…

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Injured Playing Football

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 4

Playing in a football match on the Lismore Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon, Raymond Davis, a postman, of 42…

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Bowls Rink C'ship Games

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 5

Two games In the Lismore Club's rink championship were played at the green on Saturday. The games were won by rinks skipped by…

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