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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
7
The Cairns Jockey Club annual meeting at Strand Hotel was poorly attended with only a few members present. After criticism from some figures, the chair adjourned the meeting to Friday night at seven at the Strand Hotel pending further consideration.
The Aspe meeting opened in fair weather before a sizable crowd. Betting results include winners such as Wigelos and French Gem in President's Handicap with margins of several lengths, plus other races listing winners and placing horses like Kunga, Lemgan, and Giomor among the top finishers.
Vague or garbled report from Brisbane on an August bowls match. Names and clear details are unreadable, but the note claims a contestant Titus won and mentions a Queen/Queene setting and a tuble or table reference.
In RUNES on August 28, in a scant readable fragment, South Australia defeated Queensland by 8 goals to 6 in a lacrosse match. The incomplete report highlights a South Australia win with a narrow margin.
The debate centers on mercy for ex soldiers convicted of crimes linked to wartime service. Welsh and others’ cases were discussed, with calls for individual reviews and caution in commuting sentences. Mount Mone and Mount area references appear in committee notes as officials weigh justice versus leniency.
A mixed review lists The Lone Wolf and other films as part of a bustling theatre bill. It mentions warlike imagery in The False Faces and notes popular acts like The Eagle's Eye and Mack Sennett comedies. A romantic plot centers on Josephine Pollock and Marcellas in a theft scheme with a hopeful, if tangled, ending.
Melbourne observers report a Stock Exchange Committee decision to write to the State Ministry about an inquiry into the Badak Tin Mine tragedy. The panel notes difficulty in drawing precise conclusions and suggests the State decide whether to pursue a broader inquiry. Exton, the mine’s discoverer, may depart Australia as circumstances require.
The Southers Queensland district WACK conference opened in Ipswich with President Mr J F Donovan in the chair and Archbishop Duhis presiding. The annual report urged aid for Ireland and self determination, noting vast war gratuity payments and the ongoing distress in Ireland while praising democracy in England and allied nations.
Fragmented dispatches describe tribal assaults near Bate and blockhouse construction, with Sikh civilians frightened and artillery casualties reported. North-west Peru news stalls, while Capers captured reveal a Persian overrun plan aiming at Teheran.
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