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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1939
Page
5
A wartime submarine tale recounts nine days at sea with no sightings, missing boats, torpedoed fate, and a commander Hoppe learning of his friend Koenig’s U7 destruction. The saga recalls a vanished Ut and the eerie phantom submarine legend.
A troubled narrative recounts the sinking of the U-1 after six months at sea with all hands felled by suffocation. It follows another engagement where HMS Roxburgh rammed U-89, sinking Aurania and Tuscania and revealing German sub remains. It also notes AEL and ARZ submarines and their fates near New Guinea, Gallipoli, and the Dardanelles.
Atherton bowlers hosted the touring Q B A team for a friendly match on the green. Hosts included E Pawsey wife of the club's president who welcomed the visitors. W Whiting patron and Shire Council chairman also attended.
The Atherton Club entertained visiting rink players with a 19 point loss margin. Visitors won four rinks led by Salisbury Morns Milleson Waters. Atherton skippers were Lowe Leinster and T Johnston. An unprompted gathering featured the Ambassadore band, bridge tables, coffee and snacks at 11 p.m.
The Atherton club reports results from C Grade, A Grade, and B Grade matches with wins by W Barns and Bowden against Dunne and Edmonds, respectively. Stableford scores top the Saturday results, led by W Foxtee with 37 points and multiple players scoring in the 30s, as Sunday handicap events conclude.
Sunday results from the Atherton Club show multiple match totals. Players listed include Hoey, May, Tat Bi, Swan, Quilter, Arnott, and Leinster with scores ranging from 16 to 29 as rounds progress in the B grade singles and other events.
The Atherton Gun Club week-end shoot at Atherton on August 9 featured five events. J Page led the first event with 16 yerts and 14 points, while D De Lai and S Nasser scored high in various handicap rounds. Stan Skene claimed top honours in the final shoot tied with Joe Pollard in places, with Sta Skene earning praise for his handicap marks.
Babinda outplayed Cairns with superior passing as E Fromti netted twice and T Hodson scored for Cairns. Cairns keeper McMahon, Mabon, May and Egan impressed, while a Babinda player was sent off for arguing with the referee. Junior game followed, Tommmy Huttom scoring the decisive goal five minutes before full time.
August shooting rounds for the T Barrett Cup at Atherton produced top scores by W Anderson at 300 yards and 500 yards with 38 and 33 respectively while W Simpson led at bray mirage 60 yards with 38. Clyde Downe and others scored in the thirties as crews battled heavy mirage and variable conditions.
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