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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1950
Page
3
A brief notice lists Berean Aterete Alinon with a six pm time reference in a fragmented OCR line. The readable elements point to a schedule or event timing but lack clear context or additional identifying details.
Mossman Aug 7 district bowls reports social games by ladies and mixed pairs at Moleman Memorial Club. Scores feature many players such as A J Cross Frost Rutherford Pitz Lawson and Compton. matches include 25 13 and 30 22 with multiple pairs and social events across Saturday and Sunday. The weekended handicaps show listed pairs and players including Wood Wood and Veitch with forthcoming semi finals and next weekend’s matches.
Reports recount a day of tight contests with Saints, Rockets, and United drawing strong showings. Key players included Crowe, Coral, Delaforce for Saint Augustine’s, Griffiths, O'Brien, Atkinson for Rockets, and North's center forward Smith in varied matches. Railways struggled with a depleted lineup, while Ramblers and United faced mixed results as defenses buckled and attackers pressed for advantage amid rapid, high tempo play.
Tennis report notes the young player Clue Smith, youngest winner, triumphs in the women’s singles, narrowly defeating Mrs Hendry. Strong showings from Bayley, Turner, Carr, and Prichard hint at a bright future while Mawdsley shines in doubles with Miss Smith and in mixed events.
A scrambled report from a Saturday social event lists Malanda Club participants and mixed doubles results. Names such as Soutter Burge, F Hollingworth, W Hollingsworth, Dobson Johnston, McKell Small Duff Golding and others appear in scattered scores like 21 17 and 22 38. The fragmentary text also mentions visitors from Wellington New Zealand and a notation of five exams won by Inaiatal with two by Mialandes, plus further incomplete results and names such as Haley Woll Martinez Frazer Steere West Lenfeldt Clark Gil Nwon Laren Forinelli Davi Johnston Winten and Ryan.
Fragmentary OCR text hints a claim of 5000 dollars awarded by a city council or similar body. Names, dates, and precise actions are unclear. the report preserves only the fragmentary reference to a council and a monetary award without verifiable details.
The fragment references federal service and multiple agencies including Department of Civil Aviation, Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Hydre Authority, and mountain or administrative departments. It notes costs or views totaling 61 dollars and mentions administrative parts across departments.
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