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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
8
The Cairns Jockey Club discusses the annual report and financial plan during a meeting. Members review months and figures, including project costs, revenue, and proposed allocations, with emphasis on club facilities and membership interests.
A dense meeting of the club covered finance, committee work, and upcoming events. Officers and committee members were elected or reappointed, with Headrick praised for steady leadership and Stewart’s efforts acknowledged. discussions included racing matters, member conduct, and the balance of accounts for the year.
The town screens a double program with The White Seal and Beowulf style serials. The Palace tonight hosts a charity Peace Loan drive with speakers and a bond appeal after the interval. Mabel Normand stars in Dodging the Molly ion comedy at Cairn Hietares.
The Austral Theatre presents Willam Fox photoplays with Evelyn Nesbit in I Want 10 For Tet, a WWI story of transformation and espionage. Cooke’s Federal Pictures screens The Falke Faces along with Mack Seanell’s Foolish Awe and Humpty Pantomime. Theater lists additional acts and guest previews.
Report from the Tablelands and North Queensland towns on the Shoep Backjumping Show featuring the horse Queenslander in a stock saddle. Riders are praised for skill despite unseating moments, with the event described as among Australia’s richest of its kind.
In Adelaide on August 27 the debate on the hip compulence motion proceeded but ended with the Wing negatived by 220 to. The Nationalists ll voted with the...
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