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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
4
A historical notice outlines recruitment steps for two units, detailing pre embarkation testing, selective authority limits, and medical dental requirements. It specifies age limits, consent needs, and disqualifying conditions such as certain oral issues. Reading and vision criteria are described for enlistment suitability.
Historical notes mix military pay allowances with late 19th century horse racing at Sydney venues. Pay rates list sergeants and privates with daily figures, plus family allowances and pensions. The Turf section covers trials at a heavy course, with race results and betting details for Lord Nagar and Quinn's Post among others.
Fragmentary OCR note hints at a medical product claim for stomach relief. Mentions a panacea idea and a timetable but lacks clear product name, date, or authority. Content is garbled with broken words and numbers.
The Lake Street listing shows £12 for two good tenants at Nore Park with weekly rent, plus a five room house on Sheridan Street with specifics on rooms and features. Also offered is a five room house in Shevkins-deest with verandah and yard, plus a Victor piano and pony with harness.
A colonial era racing card reports Wooney Valley Hurdle results with unsteady times and multiple race divisions. Winners include Du uncles and Oboris with close margins, while betting pools show varied payouts across the event slate and several named horses and riders.
The readable lines show a race card and results with times and divisions. Mentions include 170 age group, Calan 3, Heesenaa 8.8, and a dividend 1/0/10 with 5 17 0 pounds. Other entries reference Beept Bette and Spode Tex with unsettled figures.
The fragment lists weights for J. C. Camis with entries such as Flying My Fleece 9.7 and Regabel 0.8, along with other items like Baschworth 0.0 and Gignal 3.9 in a weights table dated December 18.
The Malanda event lists multiple woodchop and betting contests including Open Woodchop, Handicap, Standing Block Woodchop, and related races. Nominations close by 8 p.m. Wednesday December 22. entries post-entry after that. Secretaries Tarry Locke and James Saunders announce the program and protests rules.
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