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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1917
Page
3
Brisbane February market notes show varied betting sums and unsettled results with references to Futurity Stakes and Oakleygh Plate and several horses and handlers. The fragmentary text lists prices, participants, and possible penalties, but lacks coherent outcomes or clear event summaries.
The Questéland Turf Club grapples with permit decisions and registration issues amid ongoing disputes over unregistered participants. Authorities consider tightening controls as meetings proceed at Ascot and Kedron while funds and loyalties shape the row.
At Cairng Jockey Club meetings in February sparse crowds attended with mixed results. Races featured few clear victors and some notable performances noted by observers, including Miss Russie and Minduet in prominent roles. Newmarket and Caithach events shown on race cards with several horses racing at various venues.
Race results from a regional meet show Diegear amstors ant 12 Vigreestra winning easily with a time of 37 5acem and a second at the record bell. Dr Ben ett scratched Blur Bolt in a Caulfield spring selection, while Townson and May surge in pursuit of croohs. A rifle club conference in Brisbane discussed accelerating recruiting and formed a District Wide Recruiting Committee with delegates from Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Fragmentary OCR reading mentions a date and people including Dugan and Lee with unclear roles. The readable text hints at a local event or note but lacks full names, places, or concrete actions to form a complete news item.
A damaged newspaper fragment describes a film at a local cinema and a military camp, with garbled lines urging men to wear a badge and women of Cholmslund to recruit. The text hints at enlistment and civic duty in a community during wartime.
A vintage synopsis notes marks Twain inspired tale of princes and paupers, doubles and disguises. Tom the pauper trades clothes with the prince, court intrigue unfolds, the king dies, Tom may rise, then the real prince reclaims the throne as Miles Hen don is knighted.
A distorted letter claims Oxford faculties nurture Rhodes Scholars and other scholars, noting many are non freshmen and hail from Colorado. It laments misused funds, alleges inefficiency, and defends university trust while accusing the chancellor of misrepresenting academic grants and foreign language fellowships.
A crowded Cairns page highlights film showings at the Austral with the TK0 film For the Love of Mike and Rosie and other comedy. It also lists workers, residents returning from holidays, naval and military notes, and local announcements including a Corporal Janes Desmond’s death from pneumonia and enlistment updates.
A fragment from the National Committee document notes YMCA secretarial duties are small but many tasks are kept internal. It mentions late-night closures, supervising intoxicated youths, and transporting them home, with references to group incidents and hidden dangers within the association.
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