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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
4
Racing notes from December and January outline Villiers Stakes one mile December 45 Suener Cup one mile long and Carrington Stabhs six furlongs in December 29 Tattersall's Cup one and a quarter miles January 1 118 All Brisbane and Southern events no limit no reply business all wires must be reply paid Official newspapers Courier for Cheensland Sydney Morning Herald for New South Wales Aces for Victoria
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A weekly recruiting meeting at Koch’s monument featured speeches by W C Griffin Gordonvale and Clem Gardenvale urging volunteers to support Britain and defend Australia. R Colquhoun and P Meredith Mareeba called on men to join the fight for women and children as three recruits came forward and the event closed with the National Anthem.
The Cairns Jocky Club has prepared an attractive Easing Day program for September 27 with details to be advertised. Latest quotes for the Summer Cup in Brisbane list odds such as 3 to 1 Peter the Pointer and 4 Demoranthos as leading runners. boxing match at Hiperman Hell headlines a card with preliminaries and a main event at 9 pm. Races feature Carltons versus Casuala and Occidentals versus Uniteds at 2:30 pm, with lineups of riders and representatives listed. The Irvinebank Rifle Club announces the Sunday shoot at 18th November 1915 and lists the stores and scores for the proof.
A letter to the editor requests space to correct claims about a campaign accident involving Mayor Dillem. The writer says the incident was not caused by coal dust but by a build up of Retating Gas used in cordial and mineral water production, citing the Retating Gas Co.
A long list of country property prospects near Mulgrave and adjacent areas. Includes 11 acres in Mulgrave Mill area with 236 shares in Mulgrave Mill, many portions of Sophia Parish with frontage to Russell River, alluvial flats, scrub land, and permanent tram lines. Prices at application or per acre, with extensive lease and purchase options and mentions of Crown liabilities, frontage to railways, and timbered tracts.
A trial of Mr Gurrey patent cane cutter occurred on Mr Jones’s Gor- Gonvals farm. The cane was light and yielded a satisfactory cut, showing that with practice the device may advance cane harvesting by machinery though perfection was not claimed.
A 1905 advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as the best medicine to cleanse the stomach of undigested food and restore function. It warns indigestion results when the liver cannot complete its work and urges readers to strengthen the stomach with these tablets sold by chemists and storekeepers.
Miners at the Hoomer Uvalan Cokes Co. mine No 2 are dead and 11 more are missing after a December explosion. Nineteen known fatalities reported as rescuers bring surface workers to the surface and continue recovery efforts.
Sunday services announced for St John and Freshwater area churches with Holy Eucharist at 9 30 and 11 00 a m bishop of North Australia to preside parish events at Gardenvale and Saints Gardenvale noted with unclear timing and location details.
A brief notice urges use of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to treat dysentery common in the damp peer months. It claims the medicine is invaluable and safer than other methods, advising chemists and storekeepers to stock and sell it.
At Thursday's Boys' School Committee meeting Chair Mr P Allan defended delayed action on a Flag Be. He recalled a past reply from the Department noting that high block schools like Cairns Boys' School did not usually allow play facilities. The point showed the project was not new and the committee's concern for welfare.
The text touts Dr Moran’s Indian Root Pills as a corrective to blood, stomach, liver, and kidney disorders. It claims they purify the stomach, restore the kidneys, and ward off early warnings of illness, urging early use to prevent serious disease.
Odd fragments report attendance figures and hotel buildings, with scattered names and dates. The text mentions Hobart events, Stodd, Q.B.A., Spence Street, and billiards. The readable portions suggest a local sports bulletin style with minimal concrete facts.
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