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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
2
A fragmented report sketches district level events and candidate notes for a 1982 handicap division. Mentions include Bir Peyton, Duke Hetole Tarcom, and Honest Milt of Gomnvale, with references to divisions and accreditation steps in the Seventh and Tenth Divisions.
Boxing Day selections from Brisbane announce Cobey first division in the Coby Maiden Handicap and Vital Times in Calm Bye. Calmer favorites include Coby, Falcon, and Lady Yet as top picks for the Flying and Trimming Handicaps with details of divisions, weights, and notable runners such as Coby and Cal Bye.
Sydney harness notes show probable starters for Rundzick on Friday with runners including Lady Pickwick, Rumgie, J Lavararo, Sky streamer, N Seilwood, Sloman, Cameron, Socrates, G Frankland, and more. Handicap set at 1 mile four-fifteen with Grand Dalen and Two Birdies among entrants. race details scattered in OCR fragments.
A fragment from a 19th century local page notes a Christmas dance at the Aquatic Dance Palais on the Explanade with the Bopests quartet providing music. It mentions the Manunda Sports Club hosting a dance at the Trocadero on Boxing Night and a grand final event featuring Geo Stones band and the Trocadero Trio.
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