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Vigoro
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Vigoro
This sport was introduced into South Australia by Rev G.S. Ives, rector of St John's Church, Laura, the first match being played in that town on 26 October 1903 - see
Register,
2 November 1903, page 3c; also see
Advertiser,
1 February 1936, page 12d.
Yachting
"The Sailing Match - Loss of Three Lives" is in the Register,
10 and 11 April 1856, pages 3e and 3b.
Yachting is discussed in the Register,
10 December 1860, page 3b.
A meeting of the SA Yacht and Rowing Club is reported in the Chronicle,
16 February 1861, page 1g (supp.),
Express,
18 September 1871, page 2g,
9 September 1872, page 3b.
The Governor's Yacht" is in the Register,
4 February 1871, page 3f.
Information on the SA Yacht Club is in the Observer,
23 September 1871, page 4g.
The opening of the yachting season is reported in the Observer,
27 September 1873, page 6b,
"Yacht Club Races" on
17 February 1877, page 5a.
A cruise of the Zephyr to Port Lincoln is reported in the Chronicle,
24 January 1874, page 4d.
The opening of the yachting season is reported in the Register,
4 October 1875, page 5f.
"Yachts and Yachting" is in the Observer,
21 October 1876, page 12b,
19 October 1878, page 20f,
"SA Yacht Club Races" on 17 February 1877, page 5a.
The inauguration of the Yacht Club is reported in the Register,
21 December 1874, page 6d.
"Some Historical Reminiscences of the Holdfast Bay Yacht Club" is in the Advertiser,
18 June 1912, page 11b.
"Yachts and Yachting" is in the Register,
10, 12 and 21 February 1877, pages 6h, 6c and 6f;
also see 12 July 1877, page 5c,
2 February 1878, page 5g,
12 October 1878, page 6a.
The closure of a yachting season is reported in the Register,
21 April 1879, page 5a.
"Yachting in South Australia" is in the Register,
13 October 1879, page 6d,
Observer,
18 October 1879, page 11a,
17 April 1880, page 639c.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
May 1882, page 69,
November 1883, page 161.
An inter-colonial yacht race is discussed in theRegister,
5 August 1880, page 5d.
"The Fatal Yachting Accident" is in the Register,
9, 10 and 16 February 1883, pages 4g, 7f and 4g.
The opening of a yachting season is reported in the Register,
29 October 1883, page 7c,
27 October 1884, page 2b (supp.).
The close of the season is reported in the Express,
2 May 1887, page 3f<
also see Register,
26 April 1890, page 6h,
Observer,
16 April 1892, page 20a.
An editorial on yachting is in the Advertiser,
3 June 1893, page 4f.
A retrospective of the yachting season is in the Register,
11 April 1892, page 7f,
Observer,
20 April 1895, page 21d,
9 May 1896, page 13b.
"Aquatics" is in the Register,
27 October 1894, page 4g.
An obituary of W.B. Squires is in the Register,
28 March 1895, page 5c.
A retrospect of the season is in the Register,
6 April 1895, page 7g.
"The Yachting Season" is in the Register,
6 November 1897, page 4h.
"The Pleasures of Yachting" is in the Advertiser,
17 February 1894, page 4g,
"A Season's Retrospect" in the Express,
26 March 1898, page 3f,
"The Kintore Cup" on
27 March 1899, page 3e.
An obituary of H.J.D. Munton is in the Observer,
6 November 1909, page 40a.
Biographical details of Henry Dutton are in the Observer,
21 May 1910, page 23d.
Historical reminiscences of the Holdfast Bay Yacht Club are in the Advertiser,
18 June 1912, page 11b; also see Place Names - Glenelg.
"Yacht of Former Days - The Wanderer Sold" is in the Register,
20 and 22 January 1917, pages 11c and 6f.
"Yachting Races for Women" is in The News,
1 April 1927, page 10a.
An obituary of H.S. Skiffington is in the Register,
29 January 1918, page 4e.
Information on the Royal SA Yacht Squadron is in the Register,
8 February 1923, page 8c.
"Yachting for Women" is in the Register,
27 March 1923, page 7d,
"Yachting Races for Women" is in The News,
1 April 1927, page 10a.
A series of articles on early-day yachting commence in the Observer,
20 October 1923, page 51a.
Historical information is in The News,
18 October 1923, page 10c,
The Mail,
28 October 1933, page 15,
5 October 1935, page 4.
An obituary of Magnus Wald is in the Register,
26 January 1925, page 8e.
"A Yachting Cruise - Old Time Memories" is in the Register
on 5 and 7 December 1925, pages 16f and 11e.
"Blue Riband Yachting Events" is in the Register,
10 February 1927, page 10a.
"Safety First in Yachting" is in The News,
28 March 1932, page 4c.
