Woolloomooloo Bay Regatta
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 5
Starter: R. Driver, Umpire: W. Smyth. Treasurer: James Butler Hon. Secretaries: C. S. Bransby, J. Unwin. Committee: Alderman Oatley, Messrs. James Butler, G. Hill, jun., W. Smith, T. Punch, E. Samuell, J…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 5
ONE of the most popular of our public holidays is Boxingday. The days set apart to commemorate various saints may become as common as ordinary days of the calerdar— in fact, they have ceased to be recognised by the State;…
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Evening News · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 2
Also in Empire
Boxing Day, as usual, was celebrated as an almost general holiday, and as far as we have heard, passed off with the greatest conviviality, no serious accidents to life or limb having occurred at the various places of…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 5
OUR Christmas Races are becoming quite an institution and the gentlemen in whose hands they are entrusted are evidently determined that no want of effort on their part shall mar the success of the annual meeting. This year an…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 5
The weather yesterday was so fiercely hot th[?]e should not have been surprised to have found the Al[?]t Ground and all other places of common resort deserted by the populace. The fervid enthusiasm of pleasure seekers,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 December 1869 · page 2
ALTHOUGH by no means equal to that of yesterday, the attendance on the Parramatta racecourse to-day was very fair, and those who were present seemed determined theroughly to enjoy the are offered to their appetits for…
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