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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Aug 14, 1917

Page

3

Jockey Club Meet and Moorefeld Turf Race Report

Seven horses ran an ante hurdle at Moorefeld on Saturday. Jockeys were knocked about with serious injuries to N Smart riding Dowdy George and Derington riding Singular. Der rington critical, admitted to hospital in an incapacitating condition. Tattersalle rights based on S Ramage at the Cont House hotel Cairo. owners note commissions close at 6 pm tomorrow.

Sydney Angpest Derndy Moorefeld N. Smart Dowdy George Reemal Derington Singular Derrington Tattersalle Ramage Cairos

Free Headache and Neuralgia Remedy Notice

Public notice offers a free headache and neuralgia remedy requiring name and address, two penny stamps, and a letter to Gro Nicholas at Castle Reagh Street Sydney. It advertises Nicholas Aspro tablets in bottles of 10 for 1/3, 35 for 2/6, or 7/6, available from chemists. The text is garbled with nonsensical lines and indicates a dubious medical offer.

Gro Nicholas & x Castlereagh Stree Sydney Nicholas Babinda Mill Russell River Kabinda Frenchman's Creek

Our Men in Treming and the Stonehenge Pilgrims

An extract by Gunner Caen of the Australian Imperial Force recalls a winter trek to Stonehenge amid snow and hardship. Pilgrims visit the enclosure and reflect on antiquity while villagers narrate tales of ancestral graves and a church hymn fills the chilly air.

1S Caen Eld Stonehenge

Fragmentary account of wartime home life and food notes

A partial narration recalls daily life and meals with mentions of tea, jam, dry beans, and butter unavailable at times. It notes canteens and prices, plus a brief reference to aid from the Salvation Army and market conditions amid hardship.

Salvation Army

New Zealand and Australian Troops Face Hard Training

Sunday eve in camp reveals New Zealand and Australian troops awaiting transfers and vacancies. Officers note varied physiques, eagerness for real work, and the grind of daily routines from reveille to night march as they prepare for combat duties in Britain and France.

Cersetary Salisbury Plain France Shta Great Britain

O'Donnells Bow to Gallipoli Tale Amid District News

District residents welcome the disclosure of Gallipoli facts as the Austral Pieterss-O'Donnell Brothers make their bow. The piece notes 2600 members and geo centres in Fet, with Australia counting thousands more.

Austral Pieterss O’donnell Brothers O'Donnells Gallipoli Feteach Australia

Amateur photographers urged to join Sony district drive

A district appeal thanks photographers for support and urges nonmembers to join the Sony district effort. The note emphasizes the value of family likenesses and expresses gratitude for the public’s engagement in the noble work.

Ters Nesses Sony Beoes Ereen A

Death of John Arthur Macartney at Ormiston House

John Arthur Macartney F.R.G.S. died at Ormiston House Cleveland on 16 June aged 84. He was eldest son of the family, an early dean of Melbourne, and cousin to MLA E H Macartney. He lived many years in Inver, and owned Diamantiza in North Gregory.

John Arthur Macartney F.R Newstead Ormiston House Qgleveland Melbourne E. H. Macartney Diamantiza Gregory Scate North Territory Victora River Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpentara Waverley Macartney Artney E.G Mayne Diamantina Lakes Station Heber Percy S. Kidman Bart Royal Geographicaliety J. A. Sachruer Mra C. F. Rich Misa Flora Macartney Croiston Irrencer Western Australia Cot HW DB Macartney

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