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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1947
Page
3
The executive committee notes only three affiliated women's teams and urges new clubs to join. A delegate meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 in the Railway Institute to discuss forming at least one more team and to offer assistance to the women's section.
Mixed rinks on April 19 saw Bowen Amy Bennett beat Perkin Henderson Griffin 29 13 and Irvine Goodall Lordan W Parry Townsend 17 21. Parry Mudge Heep Goodall Whitaker 15 31. Bowls resume Wednesday April 23 with nominations for pairs and a committee meeting before play.
The selectors will attend all three grade matches on Sunday next and consider any player whose form shows readiness. Cairns officials fear sending an underprepared side to Sunday week and have begun intensive training led by J Duncan W Lazarus E Curstone. Junior trainees listed include Kangaroos James Mauleahy Burrs G Farrelly Harris McAuliffe T Farrelly Marist Brothers Morris Thompson Twigg Gordonvale Birch Moss White Tran hoes Cooper Earl Chant Dowling Hawney Afflick Edmonton Downs.
A Sunday crowd watched Wanderers lose to Colts in senior junior and minor juniors. Senior game ended 3 11 Colts, with key moments by Watson and McGowan, while Colts led 11 3 after exchanges. Stars beat Cardwell in both junior and senior matches 21 0 and 21 3, with Cardwell showing promise in late play.
The South Coast branch of the Surf Life Saving Association arrived at Southport on April 21 but the driver could not locate the Etty Bay team. No deposit had been received from Etty Bay for the event, and on that day a wave caused disruption, complicating participation.
Jean Borotra a famed French tennis figure seeks a place on France's Davis Cup doubles team this year after winning Lyon's court singles. He tours the United States and Canada with Marcel Bernard and Jacques Brugnon, hoping to locate Allies who helped free them from German captivity in 1945, and to aid in restoring Coubertin Stadium.
In a tight contest United defeated Kangaroos by 6 wickets with A Smith and E Stone delivering quick runs after Kangaroos earlier posted 54. McKavanagh impressed with steady bowling while keeper McSashee starred behind the stumps, and Parsons bowled well before misfortune ended her innings.
The fragment lists Qs and answers with names Keith Miller George Tribe Rupert Brooke and hints on a hospital for blinded servicemen and a royal visit. It contains garbled text about a British monarch, a dominion, and vocabulary prompts, plus lettered choices and a color descriptor brownish yellow.
P G Wodehouse advised young writers to seek quick publication in magazines and mega zines before novel work. He spoke on his wartime experiences, plans for Kilroy Was There, and his US trip, noting his broadcasts from Berlin were aimed at entertainment, not condemnation.
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