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Sport, 1912

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The Tropics. Closed to the White Races

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 5

The white races can never acclimatise themselves permanently in the tropics, and the indigenous colored races will always remain in possession of their part…

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Football Notes

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 1

A man dropped dead while barracking at a football match in Sydney on Saturday. We notice W. R. Johnson down on…

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King at Football Match. Enthusiastic Prince

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

King George, who showed a constant Interest In football when he was Prince of Wales, especially in contests between the Services, is probably the first…

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Visit of Naval Officers. a Tennis Match

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 5

Four Royal Naval officers [?]ted Nowra on Saturday last. The visit was the [?]come of arrangements made by DDr. Bo[?] for a tennis match…

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Strenuous Athletics

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

The Bureau of Medic[?]he and Surgery of the American Navy has come to the conclusion that spectacular and competitive athletics are undesirable. It…

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Cobargo Football Union. First Round of Fixtures

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 1

June 8 : Bermagni v. Cobargo; Dry River v Central Tilba; Wandella a bye. June 15: Cobargo v Dry River;…

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Lawn Tennis

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 3

"By the tourist train on Saturday night, June 1st, four officers of the Australian Naval Squadron arrived in Nowra, as the guests of the local tennis club, being met by…

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Football

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

Bermagui footballers visited Cobargo on Saturday, the visitors having much the heavier team, and the home boys were handicapped by the absence…

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Cobargo Football Union. First Round of Fixtures

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 1

June 15: Cobargo v Dry River; [?] Tilba v Wundella; Bermagur [?]. June 22: Wandella v Cobargo;…

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Football Notes

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 4

THE STAR wishes Candelo luck in their effort to reclaim the lost plate. BIBBENLUKE footballers defeated both Catheart and Bombala teams…

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Football. Presentation to Mr. Frank Zingel

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of members of the Gymnasium Football [?] on Thursday night, Mr S.M. [?] president presented Mr Frank [?]…

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Nowra Swimming Baths. (To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 10

SIR,—Some time in December last—I think on the 19th—at a public meeting in connection with the above, a committee (consisting of Messrs Marriott, Gowlland, Fraser…

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Cobargo Coursing

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

Results : Pairs — Sailaway beat Army Patch ; Little slam beat Carrie ; Brindle best Flying Thought ; Lord Minarn beat Lient Major ; Moruya…

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Football

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon the Candela juniors made a second raid on Bega, their objective being the capture of the Chris Nolan cup. On the last…

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Football

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

Cobargo visited Dry River on Saturday to play a competition match The play was very w[?]mg from the kick off. After ten minutes J…

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Rules of Racing. Cter Control [?]Xe[?]cised New Code Issued

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7

[?]new rules of racing define th [?]advertised in connection with [?] meetings to mean publication in [?] newspaper racing calendar, on in…

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Football Notes

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

P. UNDERHILL has been elected Captain of the Bega Gymnasium Club. LISTEN, Candelo ! The BUDGET says "Sharkey" Rogers has again…

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Junior Football. CANDELO v. BEGA

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 1

THE Candelo Juniors made another bid for the Chris. Nolan Cup at Bega on Wednesday last, and were defeated after a fairly good game by 8 to nil…

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"Sold Like Slaves." Football Players' Transfers Important Test Case

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 6

May a first-class football club, reasonably and legally, place such a prohibitive transfer fee on the head of a player who is not playing for them as to…

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Cobargo Coursing Club Ball

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

The Olivine Club ball, which [?] held in the School of Arts [?] on Thursday evening, was a [?] [?] and the committee of [?]…

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