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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
3
Fragmented snippets from a town column list residents visiting Cairns from Cooktown Townsville and Port Moresby. Mentions of doctors chemists and merchants advertise remedies and local goods as travelers arrive by ship and rail with social notes about their journeys and health tips.
Miss Linder arrived yesterday from Port Moresby and is bound for Chillagoe where she will perform duties.
A procedural meeting of the committee presided by Mr. P Doyle outlined duties for Tattersalls rights and drew up new subcommittees with Mr. P Kelly as chairman of advertising. Several members were proposed, including Messrs Emeric, Tovertson, Malprss, and others, with subscriptions discussed and officers named. The racing segment lists horses, odds, and results from the Flying Handicap and handikap events, noting Myra and Piper as leading contenders before a close finish. Time and dividends are recorded for the events, with further entries like Palette, Earthquake, Suntide, Comforter, and Saynden noted in the card.
Large attendance at a Thursday towers racing meeting. Handicaps 6 furlongs and tote results noted.
A mixed report details horse race results with times and dividends, listing names and odds. It also mentions passengers including Captain Mortimer and Mrs Robertson aboard ships bound for Townsville and Sydney via Brisbane, with company agents noted.
Fragmentary text mentions Captain Mortimer from Papien porta en fuute lo Sydney. Veneengera appears as possible place or name in the damaged line. No clear event or outcome readable.
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