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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1946
Page
2
The page fragment records a chaotic athletics or hack club event with multiple names, places, and results obscured by OCR errors. It mentions timing, performances, and several participants, including references to Treasue, Prater, Weber, and Wain, amid scattered scores and event names. The readable bits suggest a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style with generic race and meet notes.
In a concise notice, organizers announce entries close for the forthcoming event amid schedule details and eligibility notes. The item references Saimeaay and Fee Fanny Seatin as focal points while noting local participation and administrative contacts.
A dense race card detail reflects multiple division handicaps at Albion Park with numerous horses listed across seven furlong and one mile events. Notable names include Royal Silk, Darlene, and Advancing contenders amid a packed program featuring Mandicap and Bundamba Plate events and various entries like Beacon 2, Silk Guard, and Harvest.
Sydney February racing card lists multiple handicap races and divisions. Notable entries include two year old handicap with Smooth Action and Rose Glory, Maden Stakes second division with Tamarca and Canberra, Flying Handicap with Cragsman and Takmoor, Parramatta Handicap featuring Cordale and New Idea, plus numerous horses, times, and placements across divisions. The text is an OCR fragment with many garbled words and inconsistent spellings.
Unclear OCR text describes a horse racing event with Queensland riders and trainers, mentioning George Moore and a win at Parramatta. The fragment references Tamareos and Romehill Seong with doubtful coherence and missing details about participants or exact outcomes.
Readout shows results from Caulfield events including stakes like Federal Stakes and Carleigh Plate with detailed placings and times. Notable entries include Gay Queen, Flying Fury, Delina, and Delina as winners or placers, with dividends and times noted across several races and distances.
A fragmented sports note reports a horse named Flight winning in the Orr Stakes with a remark about a whip action. The text is garbled but preserves the claim of Flight securing the race and a reference to IX St George.
F Nowland trains ster to race plans for Futurity Stakes, with horse slated to skip Newmarket or Baseadon Handesp. In a brisk market, Besa Germ and Don Pedro show strong backing from Victoria backers. The winner led from the start and finished strongly, securing a clear victory.
Melbourne boxing column reports Mickey Mary winning a cautious bout against Len Young amid concerns over hand injury threatening a defense of the national bantamweight title. The report notes tough matchups and residual doubts about future title defense.
Delina, not engaged in the Futurity, will run in the Newmarket. Backed to a strong price, she reproduces her 1944 form, with Robertson’s Oakleigh Plate stable double seen as the likely standout. Unhirl and Pay Power are among others fancied in the short distance feature.
In a tense interstate match Victoria posted 538 for four as Queensland struggled to respond. Shrom and Stipes contributed while Fothergill and others faced a tough batting display. The Queensland chase began bleakly as Victoria extended their advantage in the early sessions.
The meet lists multiple race winners: Pal harm e won the Maiden Stakes with Bright Prize second and Midget Blending third. Fourth Course Palburnt led Alma Baw and Lady Luis. Seventh Course Dusty Pet won from Beltane Belle with Rosie Ovaki third. other races saw Pretty Black, Lora Lady, and Bright Prize among top placements. The card notes detailed placings, times, and notable contenders across the event.
Incomplete match notes show players and scores such as Ginle 17 and Brophy 21, with references to wickets and bowlers Brution Roseler Dunstan Lasarus Cummings Mayo and others. The text is garbled with forfeiture note and unclear innings details, yielding a fragmented summary of the event.
Fragmentary OCR text from a swimming or track meet lists several athletes and times. References include a women's 100 metres, a state record by Ber Yen, and multiple names such as Selena, Robina James, Macy Petersen, D Samay, Moynahan, Mackureey, Veale, J Young, Leaney, and Daller. Context unclear with mixed place names like Valley and Toowoomba.
February 17 Bris midweek racing move gains support from Queensland and Trainers Association chair Neville Burnell. Ipswich club leads initial approach to reintroduce midweek racing at Bundamba racecourse, with backing from regional racing community.
A Vatican notice reports Cardinal Mandzeoty unable to travel to Rome as Russians block his journey via Budapest. Hungary and Zagreb are cited as the affected routes with no permission granted for travel. The Vatican confirms the held press and notes the pontiff’s red hat ceremony remains unresolved.
By Melcombe Wart, president USLTA. The USLTA outlines a revival program featuring major championships, sectional, state, and invitation tournaments. It highlights a junior development drive with thousands of boys and girls to receive training and entry into new tourneys and junior competitions shaping the sport’s future.
In New Delhi February six aap a viceroy broadcast India faced a three million ton shortfall in food and a basic cereal ration of twelve ounces proved inadequate. In Batavia on February ten an ap news report said Indian soldiers were beaten by Indonesian extremists, one returning and another dead. Bandosax began occupation of waterworks while famine loomed as water from the north threatened the town with unseasonal nutrition dangers and deaths.
In Calcutta a public meeting noted activity at the airstrip as two wheeled vehicles were shown and a local herd was moved near the new mortgage area, reflecting evolving transportation use in the town.
Fragmentary report claims Gestapo killed Polish savants during Nazi occupation after a 1944 uprising. The text alleges mathematicians and scholars were targeted for learning or Jewish heritage, with references to property and inheritance under Nazi rule.
A San Francisco AP report notes tomatoes and peas rank highly among canned vegetables. The American Can Company study finds per capita consumption of canned peas around 38 pounds, followed by corn and other vegetables, with overall canned veg intake around 42 pounds per person.
Reports say Italian war criminal Pietro Graziani was transported by Allied authorities from North Africa to Italy. A sudden plan shift saw him possibly landed at Procida Island in the Bay of Naples rather than Rome.
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