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Sport, 1908

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Football. Big Sums for Players' Services

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

It is just as well that a regulation is to come Into force in professional football limiting the amount of money which one club may pay to another for the services of a player (says an…

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V.C. Annual Races. Emmaville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5

The annual meeting of the V.C. Jockey Club was held on the Emmaville course on Saturday. The weather was cold and boisterous, and the attendance only fair, while the fields in all the events were small…

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A Boxing Day Incident "I'm a Mad-brained Tiger"

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

The attention of Mr. Love, D.S.M., was occupied at the Newtown Police Court yesterday in a case in which Dora Lahiff, of King-street, Newtown, proceeded against…

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Imperial Cricket Board. Mr. Abe Bailey's Suggestion. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

Mr. Abe Bailey, the Transvaal mining magnate, suggests the formation of an Imperial Cricket Board of Control, each colony to have one representative, and…

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Anybody's Game. Second Test Match. a Roaster—98 in the Shade. England Requires 123. Six Wickets in Hand. Australia's Splendid Out-cricket. (From Our Special Reporter.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

The test match was continued to-day with a maximum heat of 98 in the shade and 140.5 in the sun. This is the fifth day, and the match will run into the sixth. The…

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FOOTBALL Rugby Union

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 6

The following cablegram from London on January 2 makes one think: "The Scouish Rugby Union does not support the proposed tour of British footballers…

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Manly Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 124

The fourth annual regatta will be held on the 18th wet, which quite a lengthy programme of races will be held. In previous years tiie sport has been good, but the management was hardly what it should have…

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Anniversary Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 124

Good progress has been made with the preparations for the Anniversary regatta to be held on Monday, January 27. The flagship is to be the R.M.S. Maccdonia, of the P. and O. Company. The prize money…

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Coursing

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

H.H.R. (Barcaldine): There are a number at stud. and it is against our rules to advise. Run your eye down list advertised in this issue…

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Swimming

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

CONSTANT READER (Gymple) : Yes ; Kleran swam 220yds in 2min 28 2-5sec at Brisbane on December 6, 1905…

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Holiday Events in the Country: Orange Races. Newcastle Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 90

FINISH OF THE ORANGE HANDICAP. Won by The Acolyte (by Fortunatus), with Lowlynn second, and Pospolite third. THE HURDLE RACE. Won by Kingle, with Caul and Goldbust second and third respectively…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 21

Going aboard the Flagship, the Union Company's new liner, the Marama. Along the King's Wharf, Newcastle. The flagship Marama and the Newcastle Lifeboat. Motor Boat Exhibition…

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Rowing. Newcastle Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 124

Newcastle regatta was held last Wednesday and proved very successful, although the attendance of visitors was not as large as in some previous years. Youths under 18, double sculls, was iron by J. E. Ross and W…

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Boxing

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3
Also in Evening News

C.B. (Portland) : Jim Jeffries was born on April 15, 1875. T.D. (Longreach, Q.): Squires and Lang never fought. We replied by telegram…

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Bowls

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 50

The first match in the competition for the Western District Shield, presented by the New South Wales Bowling Association, was played at Bathurst on January 1, between the…

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Racing in the North. Newcastle, Monday. Newcastle Races

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 11

The Newcastle Jockey Club opened tho New Year with a race meeting which attracted a very large attendance, visitors being present from all the principal…

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Golf

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 120

During the holidays the Australian Golf Club held bogey and stroke competitions. In the bogey match N. F. Christoe, from scratch, was the winner, with a card of one down; then came J. S. Allen (handicap…

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