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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
5
Melbourne February 23 The Caulfield Futurity Stakes will be run at Flemington on Saturday Most acceptors are in the Newmarket Handicap and will need the Futurity to tune up Burberry remains the favourite though grief over re handicapping may push bets against him Skipton and Dark Felt have been moved from the Australian Cup as expected
Results from last week end bowling games are listed with players and scores, followed by notice of the annual general meeting held on Monday. A report will cover the 12 months to December 31, praising Mr George Speed and honoring life member tribute by M W J Morgan. Old timers W Houston and William Lennon attend, Lennon celebrated his birthday, and tributes go to Bill Gelling for his past bowling prowess amid recent misfortune.
A Masonic Club concludes weekend bowls with Cecil’s team beating Reynolds 35 10 after rain heavy going slows late play. Jorgensen, Stephenson, and Bosanko lead wins as Graded Threes and B Grade Handicap finish strong. Sunday fixtures include Champion Singles Ward versus Healy and other Graded Threes and Handicap matches.
A federation voice criticizes automatic penalties for industrial action in the Federal coal bill. The debate centers on government control versus a commission led by industry experts, with calls to require hearings before any penalties and to amend the proposed automatic penalties for altercation. The discussion includes references to several court cases.
Innisfail February 22 remits show weekend games led by J Wolff McDonald Punchard 3 v J Newman Farinelli Mansell 13, Stitt Martinan Stewart 36. Woodford Marsal Wright 24 Mayoh Connor Goode 38 v H Rae McGregor. Additional results: Moran Prichard 18 v Wolf Sedlow 18, Macartney Stewart Andronicus 10 v Ede J Bie Robert en 9, Wolff Venables McDonald 18 v Butcher Wright Connor 5. Three last games not finished due to rain. Draw for next weekend lists Connor H Ede Stewart Farinelli. Prichard J Wolff v McGregor O Doherty Sun Robertson Campbell Sadler Macartney. Myer Woodford Goode Bellamy. Nominations for championship pairs close Sunday.
In the B Grade singles many young players impressed despite lopsided scores. Notable results include Strickland beating J Gammie and McConkey defeating E Lucas. More bouts featured Parry, Owens, and Reed securing several close margins while Lauridsen and Henderson posted decisive wins.
ATHERTON club notes report Tom Kelly led his team to the final of the Presiden Rink Competition on Saturday afternoon. The final, started Sunday, was halted by a heavy storm, delaying play. Members are urged to attend a working bee next Saturday afternoon to plant shoots of bite couche on the green and support the green director.
A conference of city and suburban post masters will be held in Sydney on Friday to develop a formula for 100 percent telegram deliveries. Postmaster-General Senator Ashley tonight expressed concern over the number of undelivered telegrams in the past three months.
Greyhound racing at Bala Ava Park lists handicaps for February 28 with three heats in each race. Entries include Tolwings, Maranos Girl, Danny Lass, Quaint's Image, and Silver Stitch among others, with yards and penalties clearly shown for heat one. The second heat features Freeman's Choice and Fawn Regs while the third heat lists Wallard Jack ser and Garbo Gitt, among others.
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