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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
3
A garbled sports brief cites William Beecham and a wary warning about rides and boats. It references a rider who may be unsafe, a maples bet, and a record tied to hunting, with scattered lines about sport, wages, and a woman’s questions. The piece reads like a fragmented, satirical column with shifting topics and unclear chronology.
George Petersen reports weekend golf and tennis pairings with players Mina Adcock Miss Thames Sire Vog and Miss Coe in 64 final and mixed doubles results.
In a chaotic tote style report, Cairns performers stand out with strong times and placegetters. Petain sets an unmatched mark in the Third Course while Juley Pick and Wendicapa figure among notable runners. Other entries include Young Jock, Flirt Pick, Tara Chieta, and Highland King as part of a busy racing card.
District bowls event under FNQDLERA disrupted as teams including King McGrath C Mellice AL Whitchur hv Wielsen T Pran delist G Bade M Malpase are listed with numbers 21 to 24 and a cadet rotation return noted.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a public auction in Earlville on August 30 at 2:30 p.m. including a Ford truck and furniture. References mention names such as Charlie King Burnell Ca and Bolandis Lose with unclear context and several garbled terms.
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