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Article : 31 wordsUnder data Hobart, 1st May, a correspondent writes:-- Being a constant reader of your valuable paper and a lovers of fair play also, I would like to take exception, to a few remarks. ...
Article : 497 wordsNext Saturday night, at the above hall, Flanagan and Smart will settle a "slight mis understanding" in an eight round contest, Marquis of Queensberry rules. In addition the ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 9 May 1888, Page 7
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