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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
6
Farmall H offers modern and proven Farmall features including a tough crankshaft variable governor control triple power-draw belt and power take-off. Its high clearance chassis independent rear brakes and adjustable rear wheel tread suit row crop farming and mixed farms. Contact your International Harvester Agent for details.
In a turbulent race at the Heck Handicap meeting the hot favourite Ming Pierette led from the start but faded, while Head over and Laurel Joe challenged in the late stages. Vaio Ladéie was 4 lengths back, with Ming Pierette a strong 3 to 4 shot and Idle at 3 to 1 in the betting.
A jumbled OCR style notice lists names such as Caimeg Adele Abin and Ioan Drew alongside division labels like Eagle Boy Laelia and Blue Gale. It mentions times 1 pm 130 pc and 515 pm, with references to a Brisbane Albion Park and a few scattered phrases like Demonstrator Inspector and Time. The readable fragments indicate a misread schedule or internal memo with no clear single event.
Fragmentary OCR of a horse racing card listing names such as Go! Viscount Leaty Tempe and Golden Union with handicaps and semis note. Mentions a horse pulling up sore after the December Handicap and potential trainer targets. Names like Valentina Ste, Peter Lalor, and Royal Peer are present in scattered form.
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