Leeton Swimming Carnival Local Swimmers Successful W. Gallagher Breaks Record
A large crowd took advantage of the special train to the Leeton Championship Swimming Carnival on Sunday last. About 100 swimmers were…
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Cricket Fourth Test Match Rain Delays Play
JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. Rain prevented play in the fourth Test match to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rugby League Four Tests Sought N.Z. to Visit South Africa Capetown
South Africa is asking that the New Zealand Rugby team play four tests in 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Improving Cronulla Popular Holiday Resort Handy to Metropolis New Baths, Swimming Pools, and Railway
Mr. Munro, M.L.A., the member for the district, is a live-wire when it comes to promoting the interests of his constituency, which embraces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Social and Tennis in Aid of Eisteddfod Enjoyable Evening Held
In aid of a very worthy cause—the Wagga Eisteddfod Society—a tennis and social evening was held at the South Wagga tennis courts last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tennis New Italian Rule Players Must Not Shake Hands Rome
The Italian Tennis Federation has decreed that players must wear a uniform and must not shake hands with opponents, in order to preclude the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Annual Races All Brown Wins Handicap Public Eye Disqualified — Short Weight Protest Against Mullamore Dismissed
EXCITING racing featured the opening day of the Gundagai Club’s annual meeting, which commenced yesterday. Although the attendance was not large, a big crowd was not anticipated, as the drought conditons prevailing militated against the succcess of the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Racing at Gundagai Maiden Winner Fails to Draw Weight All Brown's G.R.C. Handicap Mullamore Survies Protest Rovina
Finishing with great determination the Sydney pony, Rovina, got up in the last stride to win the Newmarket Handicap by a head from Sunup, with Blue Ray only a neck away third…
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At the Young carnival on Wednesday Mary Duckworth won the ladies' 100 meters freestyle championship in 82 seconds, breaking the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Swimming Carnival
The Leeton Intermediate High School will hold its annual carnival on Wednesday next, when keen competition is expected in the house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Football Cootamundra Preparing for Football Season
Although we are just getting over the heat-wave, and it is quite probable there may be a few minor repetitions, there are quite a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowls Junee v. TUMUT
The grand final of the "C" Grade Southern Slopes pennant competition will take place at Gundagi next Sunday between Junee and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Teams
Team to represent Corbie Hill v Cannery, In 1st semi-final on No. 1 turf, next Sunday:—E. Trethewey (capt), L. Dare, R. Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elliott to Coach Leeton Rugby Team
AT the meeting of the Leeton District Rugby League Club committee on Wednesday night, the recommendation from the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Night Tennis To-night
As electricity restrictions will be imposed on Tuesday, very few nights will remain open for night play especially as the finals of the night tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Dundee Defeats Davis Sydney
Jimmy Dundee (9.8) gave an excellent exhibition of clean hitting to defeat the American. Willie Davis (9.9) by a technical knockout at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Tournament on Grass Courts
A GREAT opportunity for tennis players, who wish to try their form on the grass courts, is presented by the Open American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swimming Final Championship Carnival At Darlington Point
The following swimmers will represent Leeton at Darlington Point next Sunday: 110 yards senior championship, N. Bloomfield, G. Dempsey,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Football Grenfell to Engage Coach
The matter of engaging a coach for the season came up at a meeting of the Grenfell Football Club last week aud it was finally decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Earliest Racing in New South Wales
Racing, which plays such a big part in Australian social life today, had its beginnings in the very early days of the colony's history. Although hack…
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