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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1914
Page
2
A special report from Cairns notes strong turnout and favorable conditions for horse meetings. Despite hurdles, Cairns and Mulgrave clubs repeatedly host races, delivering profits and renewed regional vitality amid ongoing developments. The piece highlights the season’s ahead schedule and public interest in upcoming events.
Fragmentary OCR text reports the sudden death of J. Demohee in camp near Balleds and mentions medical treatment and hospital suffering. Several garbled names and phrases appear, including references to a person named Geeveeed and a note about a Meadecke Cure.
A man is reported to have tried to stab another near Semen Seeert, attended by Br. Clerc, and returned home. The wound was caused by a table knife and is not thought serious. Constables Beteord and Ob e arrested the suspect after p.m. and will face charges of attempting grievous bodily harm this day in Pe Comm.
The fragment references Howard Smith Co Limited and a Saturday night showing with mentions of Abrahene and sections of the Bes Gey Abrahene. Details are unclear and largely garbled, but imply an event or performance with imperfect notes and unsuccessful results.
The Werilda, an interstate liner operated by Adelside Steemerup Co, arrived from Melbourne via ports at 1.5 am Sunday. Captain Metemtie reported ideal weather and a festive voyage with sports and dances aboard. A large luggage of tourists remained aboard in port while the creamers depart for the next voyage Monday.
A rough OCR fragment notes a plan change at a ploughed field near Cammos with an object picked up by an unidentified visitor who claimed to keep it as evidence. The text is garbled. key details about date, parties, or outcome are unclear.
The machine was badly smeshed and twisted and may be unreparable, costing Mr Jones about £760. He returned to Coires wr and stated he had slight abrasions to the bus but escaped a serious accident, as the weather worsened.
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