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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1938

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Cesspool of Disease Orange Baths Criticised by Swimming Instructor Public Health Menace?

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

Severe criticism was directed at the Orange baths last week by Mr. James S. Russell, who conducted the Department of Education…

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Silver Scorn and Sir Ross in Doubles Dubbo Coursing Night Out for Punters

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Two doubles, with the favorite winning In each event, a dead-heat, and several very close finishes, were features of last night's…

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Cricket Topics District Competition Railway Defeated by Balladoran

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

The surprise of the day in the District Cricket Competition fixtures on Sunday was the defeat of Railway by Balladoran. In…

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Orange Races

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

At the Orange races on Wednesday last Martin Ryan, of Bourke, rode the winner of the Corinthian Cup, Cadmus. There was a field of…

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To-night's Boxing Several Good Bouts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 1

Johnnie Duncan (Dubbo) and Harry Buerslam (Bourke) will provide the principal contest at Dubbo's open-air stadium in Talbragar Street to-night…

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Trangie Urban Meeting Golf Club Annual Meeting PERSONAL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 4

Miss D. White left last week for Sydney, where she will occupy a position. Mrs. J. Wallace junr. returned home…

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BOWLS Keen Interest in Austin Cup Comp

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 3

Members of the Bowling Club are showing keen interest in the David Austin Cup teams competition, which is now being…

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Wellington Tennis Club Town Club News Mixed Doubles Tournament

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 3

Entries for the above have closed, and the tournament will be played on Wednesday night next (February 23rd), commencing at 7.15 p.m…

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Sporting Notes Coursing Harold Park Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 6

At Harold Park on Saturday night. Purr Pull covered the 440 yards hurdles in 26 1-10 sec, clipping 1-10 sec. off the record established by Mick Pollock…

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Golf Topics Tourney in Offing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 2

Programmes for the annual Easter tournament are in the hands of the printers and will shortly be distributed among all golfers in the West…

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Menangle Races Rain Causes Postponement Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 1

The Menangle Park races, set down for to-day, have been postponed until a date to be fixed, owing to the heavy overnight rain…

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League Football Dubbo Opposes Transfer to Group XI. Johnnie Walker Cup

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 2

At a meeting of the Dubbo Rugby League on Sunday night, it was decided unanimously to oppose any move to transfer Dubbo from…

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Burning Steamer Races to Port Fire in Hold Passengers Unaware of Their Danger Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 1

A fire was discovered in No. 1 hatch on the steamer, Hunter, about 5 o'clock this morning, when the vessel, which was carrying…

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Elong Football and Cricket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 6

The team selected to represent Elong against Westella here on Sunday includes: D. Peel, K. Yeo, K. Sullivan. C. Hedger. J. Sullivan, G. Cameron, H…

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Swimming Notes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 10

With the swimming season drawing to a close interest will now be taken in the wind-up carnival to be held…

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BOWLS Local Competitions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 3

No competition matches were played last night, owing to the green being damp. However, two games were played off on…

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Speedway Racing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

Motor cycle racing may soon be seen in Wellington, if an application made to the Showground Trust is granted. Yesterday Doug…

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SWIMMING Point Score Events

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 3

Last night the Wellington Swimming Club ran off two point score races, the first being the senior 100 yards, and the…

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Cricket Notes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 10
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The game in Wellington is going along smoothly and it is a long time since so much interest has been taken in…

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