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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1942
Page
6
An official notes Americans can adopt strong learners and baseball knowledge to enhance their team. They praise current players as excellent and suggest focusing on big hitting with the bat. Bowling may be challenging, but the plan aims to strengthen the program and monitor progress.
The report lists A Grade Bingley Farinelli versus Maran and Duma versus Robertson with scores cited. Players Wright McDonald and Venables Moras Conner Andronicis show 31 to 3 results, while J Wolf Gilmore Prichard faced W Bae Williams Sadler and Romano with a 14 to 3 line. Venables v Mn Butcher and other matches feature multiple bowls events and player pairings including Macartney Rom Andersen versus Mesdzmen P. Robertson Venables and Bae 3 to 2.
In this clipped OCR fragment the Greyhound Racing Club contends with wage talks and administrative matters. The snippet references a December date and Bureau involvement, hinting at negotiations or policy discussions affecting racing operations.
Fragmentary courthouse note cites debates on platonic friendships and marriage vows. A petitioner argues women may go out with men without breaking vows, while a correspondent wife defends innocent associations. The piece reflects era views on fidelity and social norms in divorce proceedings.
An early wartime report estimates total fatalities exceed 8.6 million, with about 1.7 million German casualties and 1.36 million in Russia cited, noting intensifying losses in the last 14 months while earlier years showed more even distribution of deaths.
Local council discusses a disputed payment for work by PEL, road and water concerns, sugar transport appeals and health sample testing. Ministers replies, maintenance on Aldridge road, Tolga to Rocky Creek repairs planned, and a financial report shows balances and payments due.
Innisfail held an ugly man contest to raise funds for the Patriotic Fund. The event concluded with results announced by M A Vandeleur, noting top entrants G R Blair 45817, W Richardson 43821, L M Smith Goondis 33573. The fund raised £1540, praised as a striking success for the drive.
The piece discusses the origin of the term frog in brickwork, linking it to words like fork or amphibian and noting varied explanations. It cites “British Clayworker” and University slang, mentioning deep red bricks and jokes about reading faces and tiles.
Fragmented OCR text records a vague court path incident with references to a defendant and Brown. It mentions a sugar bag with an unknown object, a police direction, and a search related to a person named Knee and a Mr. Brown amid unclear actions on a courthouse street.
At Putty Semions Court this morning before Mr Mansell a 3M judge applications were made for the rem at a pair of shows from Lee Poy and Sons Pty Ltd and an alarm clock taken from the Juge Slav club. Richard Charles Tregea for Lee Poy and Sons sought return of the shoes. An order was made for return of the shoes and clock to Joa Resetar.
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