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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Dec 10, 1918

Page

4

Nominations Close for Xmas Meeting at Carns Jockey Club

Dec 9 report from F C Towers lists weights for Towers Jockey Club summer meeting including Trial Handicap six furlongs and First Novice seven furlongs events. Notes on entrants such as Show Girl Bashwindgo Fringilla Mrs Busley Roland's Song and Master Proportion with weights and recent form from Mentone and Newcastle.

Nojah Ortademi Mrs. Baziey Os. Freta Smoko Sir Frederick Peter the Painter Fula Hock Abornet Plashette Gotano Gentle Jack Red Moon Master Proportion Bommice Widmewong Mulrose Kaniigi Jotano Soundiess Flo Sempill Nipter BB Imps Kagland Bashwindgo Ottadesi Fringilla Mrs. Busley Roland Boonie Buck &Y Tula Brock Alcormet Ro Jessamy Flashette Barmrac Jpotans Ranlet T. Langley

Scratchings for the Villiers Stakes List

Scratchings announced for the Villiers Stakes include Greenstead Whitefield Estland Pe alster Hualma and Peitrina leaving the field with changes to the line up as announced.

Greenstead Whitefield Estland Pe‘alster Hualma Peitrina

Summer Cup and Tattersall’s Club Cup Engagements In Melbourne

The report lists engagements for the Summer Cup at Estland and the Tattersall’s Club Cup including entries such as Sir Paddington Polar Star Queen’s Guard Auberic Estland and Finmark Melbourne Der 9. It notes cricket associations of SA Victoria NSW meeting to set match times and heralds the reintroduction of Sheffield Shield in 1919-20 with a three year plan as part of state dominance. The piece ends with a quarantine dispute in Sydney as Archbishop Kelly seeks admission to tend the sick despite written orders.

Estland Sir Padgton Auberic Sir Paddington Polar Star Queen’s Guard Finmark Melbourne Der New South Wales Sydney Kelty Haydon Manly College Sheehy Bond Sergt. Melville Melville Kelly

Quarantine Station Shows Continued Improvement

The quarantine station reports no new deaths and only one new admission. Fewer than 199 discharged as cured, mostly Medic patients. Hospital census at 212 with four dangerously ill. Sister Grege remains ill among staff. other ill sisters are convalescent. Atua patients all convalescent. Manuka has one patient still ill.

Sydney Ser Grege

Rifle club scores at Mt Mulligan meet

The Mt Mulligan Rifle Club held a December shoot listing competitors including M. S. Harris Captain Evans James Harris R A Grainer G Hawes and others with scores partially provided.

M.S. Harris Capt. Evans Jas. Harris R. A. Grainer G. Hawes

Australia’s Pneumonia Status Compared Across Regions

Sydney reports only one pneumonic influenza death for the week ending Friday with Dr. Elkington calling the situation satisfactory. Quarantine numbers, including convalescents, have fallen to 209, and releases are planned this week for medics and troops.

Elkington Ight Campston Australia Pacific Islands Japan India Straits Setements Singapore America Ceylon Fiji Tonga Samoa Tahiti New Zealand Papua Nauivea Rabaul Union Co Sydney

Strange quarrel ends in near-fatal family dispute

In Brisbane police court, Mrs Clement faced remand on a charge of grievous bodily harm to her husband after a Hyde Park incident. Neighbour Heetyl Johns testified seeing the couple argue and a wound to their son Clement. The husband sought to protect his wife and urged no committal. she was discharged.

Brisbane Heetyl Johns Vaa Clement Ayn Allen

Unclear fragment sparks blank page quake note

Fragmentary OCR text from a Washington area item mentions an earthquake and patched trousers, with garbled phrases and no clear event details or dates. No identifiable people, organizations, places, or concrete facts are readable.

Northern Florida Bank Torr Ewad News Brief

A terse item notes bank troubles in Northern Florida with a focus on local financial disruption. Details on institutions, dates, or outcomes are limited in the readable excerpt, but the brief signals an ongoing regional banking report.

Bank Torr Flersid

Townsville Meatworks Strike Widens In Mutual Stand

Developments today in Townsville reveal Garbutt Bros will back the Alligator Creek firm by loading meat to their behalf. Retail butchers held a meeting and Garbutt Bros employees refused to handle mutton from Alligator Creek, prompting dismissal of staff and a noon shutdown. Other private firms follow, state shops only remaining open. The union leadership faces strong criticism from the article’s tone.

Townsvill Garbutt Bros Alligator Creek Butt Bros

Paper Pulp Progress at Queensland Pine Mill Yarraman

The Queensland Pine Company's Yarraman mill makes pulp from pine tops and reports show compliance with the timber top usage agreement. Acting forests director Swain informs the Minister for Lands that production progress appears satisfactory based on manager surveys and industry reports.

Brisbane Queensland Pine Company Yarraman Mr. Swain

Balonne Shire Protests War Debt Adjustments

Residents of Balonne Shire united in a petition against risk of increased war debt. The council motion supports forwarding the protest to the Defence Minister and urging wider shire council action to seek relief and limit Australia's war borrowing.

Balgame Shire Balonne Shire Unani- Feeney Piston Fenwick Hudson Irman Australia

The Ma Ronettes and Hidden Pearls at Cairns venues

Cairns Garden Theatre screens The Ma Ronettes with Clara Kimball Young as a country wife. Palace Theatre presents Hidden Pearls starring Hayakawa, plus Fatty Arbuckle in Moonshine and Do rothy Dalton in Flare-Up Sal. King Carnival continues as the fair winds down this week.

Cairns Garden Theatre Clara Kimball Young Howdie Wells Palace Sessuo Hayakawa Paramount Beulah Marie Dix George H. Melford Hayakawa Terry Hawaii Sal Dorothy Dalton Fatty Arbuckle King Garnival

Darwin Hotel Boycott Grows Around Victoria Bar Prices

In Darwin a public meeting was held as the State Hotel boycott takes a serious turn. The Mayor read a government message urging price cuts at the Hotel Victoria bar ahead of today’s football match. A joint Meatworks committee threatens further action.

Darwin, Dee Victoria

Printed notice from The Call publishing house details

The snippet states a printer imprint from Lance Fatlaw and The Call at its General Printing Office in Abbott Street and related location hints, indicating a newspaper production note or masthead detail from a historic issue.

Lance Fatlaw Abbott S Cairs

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