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The recent drowning fatality at the Pyrmont Swimming Baths, when a littles girl lost her life, was referred to at last night's meeting of the City Council. Ald. Arthur M'Elhone asked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The final of the single-handed bowling championship of New South Wales was played on the Warrilgah green this afternoon when J. kinder Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the past the control of racing in Tasmania was of a some-what haphazard character. The result was that quite a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although small fields ruled at the Wyong Park races yesterday punters failed to pick winners, as only two favourites got home, and a couple of outsiders helped the bookmakers to show a small profit on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The games played on Saturday last did not affect the competition—except to strengthen the lead of the leaders. Wickham are now twenty points and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A communication from fore[?] states that the boxing promoter (Thatcher) has announced that the world's championship bout between Jimmle Wilde and Frankle Mason will be held there…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Toledo promoter, Mr. Thatcher, has announced that a world's championship bout between Jimmy Wilde, the English flyweight, and Frankie Mason, will be held at Tolodo…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier fight is still in something of an indenfinite slage Governors of various States in America have stated they will not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Although rain fell steadily throughout Friday, the weather cleared up nicely for the Newcastle J.C. meeting on Saturday. There was a Large attendance, and some capital racing was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four furlongs sprints are always popular with owners, and the opening event had to be decided in two heats. Rumors were about that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The meander was the Maiden class was the event which opened the afternoon's sport, and strange to add, it was the only race throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There seems to be a good deal of ignorance on the part of the golfers of Sydney as to whom governs the competitions. I am often asked who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday afternoon a team selected from the company at present playing in "The Bing Boys on Broadway" beat an eleven representing the Victorian Parliamentary Sports Club by 42…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Oscar Asche, who confesses to having played down to two at one time, and has added, most mysteriously, four or five strokes to his handicap, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Jockey Club have issued the programme for their Autumn meeting, to be held on April 3, 5, 7 and 10. .It is advertised in this issue, and as usual, is liberally endowed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British Is!es team has found rain dogging their footsteps in this country. As soon as the Australasian matches were completed, the rain ceased, and then,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sydney Sailing Club.—Kismet 1. Florrie 2, Britannia 3, Sunny South 4, H. C. Press 6, Advance 6. Sydney Amateurs.—Gumleaf 1, Triton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hamilton races resulted as follows:- Cup, 1000 sovs. 1½m.—Melee, 7st 2lb, 1; Punka, 8st, 2; First Salute, 7st 13lb, 3. Ten starters: Won by three-quarters of a length. Time, 2m 34 3-5s…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →AUSTRALIA'S great yachting event, the Northcote Cup, has been in abeyance since 1913, for during the war yachting gave way to the Great Emergency, and many yachtsmen were swallowed up in the mists of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the City Council last night Ald. Meagher, vice-chairman of the health committee, moved the adoption of the motion that a sum of £6000 be provided in the estimates for…
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