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Sport, 1944

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Bowls Junee Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

On the Junee Bowing Club's green Board met Bell in the club championship (Scout Cup). Bell look 3 off the first head. and that was his short lead…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Fields for To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

An eight-race programme has been arranged for the meeting to be conducted by the Wagga Diggers' Greyhound Racing Club at the Cricket…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Fields for To-day In Eight-Race Programme

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

Eight races will be contested at the Wagga Diggers Greyhound Racing Club's meeting to be held at the Cricket Ground this afternoon and…

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Summer Racing Recent Winners Show Good Form Denko Back to Best

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

Judging on his run away victory at Flemington on Saturday, Kintore substantiated the opinion of good judges regarding his high rating among the…

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Football Rugby Union Raaf Defeats Welsh Guards

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—Remarkable scenes marked the closing stages of the Rugby Union match in which the Australian Air Force defeated the…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

On Sunday a pairs handicap competition was .played, eight players participating. Leary and Green, with outright wins wer the winners…

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May Be Last Meeting T)n Adelong Course Poor Racing On New Year's Day

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

The Attelong Jockey Club's race meeting 'held on the Adelong Race course may prove to be last to be held on the historic old course…

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Bowls

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

The following games were played over the week-end: Pairs Championship Dodwell and C. Tilbury d. D…

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Greyhound Racing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

Expick, winner of two races Wagga and two at Cootamundra in his last four starts, wan over 640 yards at Wagga on Saturday, starting at 5.4…

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Bowls South Wagga Club

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

The following are the results of week-end play at the South Wagga Bowling Club's greens: E. Le Lievre Gilbert, Graham 30 d Pickering…

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No Racing on Anniversary Day Holiday

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday—In order to assist the finances of the Australian Comforts Fund the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aid. Bartley) recently…

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Greyhound Racing Murrumburrah Fields for To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

The following are the nominations for the greyhound racing meeting at Murrumburrah to-morrow, when the first race is to start at 3.15 p.m.:—…

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Learn to Swim! Notes From the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

The recent tragedy at Grafton brings forcibly to the attention of the public the vital necessity of councils building hygienic filtrated pools in every…

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Boxing Inter-service Series Clean and Willing Contests in the North

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

Somewhere in Australia, Monday: The inter-service boxing championships of the Northern Territory concluded with a serifs of excellent bouts…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Nominations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 6

Nominaons for the Wagga Diggers Greyhound Racing Club's meeting to be conducted next Saturday afternoon close to-day at 1…

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Cricket Encouraging Juniors Victoria Interested

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 6

Necessity for steps to be taken immediately to rehabilitate cricket, particularly among the juniors, was emphasised at the…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 8

On Wednesday eight players held a pairs handicap competition—all from scratch—Leary and J. Carberry; Robinson and McCurley; Green…

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Gundagai Swimming Carnival To Be Held Next Month

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 7

The Gundagai Swimming Club has decided to run a carnival on Sunday February 6th. The day’s programme will be similar to that of last…

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Tumut Racing Handsome Boxing Day Profit

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 4

TUMUT, Thursday: At a committee meeting of the Tumut Turf Club the balance sheet in connection with the recent…

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Bowls

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 4

Keen rivalry marked the competitions held on the local green during the two holiday week-ends. The game on the 3rd Tanuary provided a…

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