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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
14
Readable fragments describe Ascot results and entries across divisions. Notable horses such as Rhoga, Sycedale, Sandweaver, Credence, Margin, and Ablazey are mentioned along with upcoming races and handicaps through July.
Racing notes from Ascot and Toowoomba detail multiple welter and heavyweight events. Winners include Ram on and Crystal Jim with various runners such as Clare Queen Widden Lad and Spindrift in distance races.
A fragmentary report notes a court case involving a hidden trade arrangement worth over £500,000. The wording suggests a legal dispute between parties from Burton or nearby trade circles, with emphasis on secrecy and financial stakes.
The report chronicles a crowded field in a multi-division race with horses including Trash, Tipperary Lazy, Warton, Vevey, Dorwraith, Zoteena, Killarney, Warramoowee, and High Treasure. It notes a withdrawn entrant, close finishes, and varying form across Fourth, Third, and First Divisions, with several horses achieving or challenging notable placings.
The Second Division features Amberglive Me Prominent Macnee Mayker Day Blue Herod Famuril Ramon and others with Amberglive near runner up in prior heats. Ramon won the May 31 Trial and a novice at East Ascot, while Bowtie and Humphrey Kingest are tipped in a notably thin lineup.
A court returned a verdict for the defendant in the Dot Wa collision case. Witnesses described a car cresting a hill and striking a bus, with damages estimated and the bus driver and witnesses detailing the moment of impact and ensuing injuries. The verdict awarded costs of nine dollars and ten cents against the plaintiff.
The British telegraph service is blamed for a loss of 22 000 pounds since 1904 while New York prisons report women inmates more than doubling since 1920 from 1158 to a higher total.
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