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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
3
A collage of sports snippets highlights famed matches and notable players. Tales of racing tactics, Rider traps, and legendary names surface alongside boxing, basketball, and cricket anecdotes. The piece threads dramatic scenes from Leicestershire races to Harlem Globetrotters exploits and quiz questions.
A fragmented report from the Smithfield Ladies Auxiliary lists participants and names such as Hardwire Humphreys Disney Carroll and Lanny Sorteporn, with unclear details on a memorial event and competition involving Miss Lanna. Reading is partial and several names appear misspelled or garbled.
In a noisy field Bowden leads the Boweens and Dunewa while Gritner dominates the mat. Crimmis and Crim mina clash as Mra Crim mina plays. late rounds see Edwards, Grimmer, and McGaw among competitors. The Mareeba Memorial event continues with pairs Boween versus Eakin Cron and other clashes at the Gritner Cup Sunday afternoon.
Ravensho Club members and guests gathered for a camieillcne event with several matches and tallies. Notable results include Snell and Siewert both posting strong scores in early rounds, with Loom Pf Acresees HoMoley and Jone contributing to team totals. The meet featured multiple pairings and partial scores, ending with overall standings and acknowledgments for top performers.
A list of job and service notices appears including foreman for a road project and a lab technician. Advertisements also seek engineers and surveyors for Northern Territory treaties. Public notices reference Brisbane and Nersbern Paynes Moths Induerieg with 2 PM deadline and multiple names like Joe Tully.
SKINNER BROS. 7? DRAPER-STREET is order too big. No order no small. JUST PHONE 3146 and our truck will call.
The Saale competition lists Mise J Morjson and Ms Robern as ladies singles winners with 6-2 5-4 scores. Mrs Beanland vs Mrs Catan ended 6-0. Men's doubles saw Loreen T May versus Goodman-V Curis 6-4 6-3. Mixed doubles featured Geltwetter and Mire Joncon vs Pickersnake Pickerine. Senior boys doubles final and other singles finals for Schovitney and Gare We Lae Long are noted with various scores.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference a scheduling or notice related to a printing or service firm. It mentions Rosse Work, Centers, schedules, notires, and a contact at 17 Spence Street, with Gray & Co. as a possible firm. The readable portion is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
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