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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1946
Page
2
Programs for the Catena Hae race meeting are advertised for Saturday March 8 with closing actions at 4 pm. Event details and entries are listed for participants and attendees.
Fragmented OCR lists race club meetings and horse names with divisions and results. Key items include Trial First Division and Second Division races, with horses such as Monarch, Trever, Credit Balance, Notre Dame, Peter's Pence, and Yankee Lad. Names and places appear garbled but indicate a racing meet schedule.
A fragment list of horse names and numbers appears from a maiden handicap event. Notable entries include afumtaz Sir Constant Namesake Purple Smoke and Winged Victory with assorted numbers, alongside others like Perma and Carlisle.
The Sydney turf list shows acceptances for Saturday’s racing program including Fen 71, Grand Royal Anette, Newigen Silversion, Sardale, Geamite, Turaca, Fausti, Trader, and Vocal Gem among others. Trials and handicaps feature Derby style events with positions and weights listed for Nursery Minion Joystream and Sailors Gully, plus steerage for St Leger Stakes and other stakes.
Goering of Resetsod Boomiben races under Queensland Turf Club rules as Mr Hadwen backs Bernborough at each run in the south and notes pride in the horse while clubs hesitate to sponsor him. Bernborough, sold for 2800, showed absolute superiority in a 7 furlong race at Toowoomba track, breaking the 7 furlongs record with a 1:25.
The passage comments on a New Zealand team's visit to England and the upcoming match at Boea Park where the Ars mach will be played. It notes visitors, dates, and expectations, with emphasis on timing and location of the event.
Nominations closed at noon today in Innisfail with five candidates for the chairmanship and twenty three seeking eight councillor positions. Shire Clerk W. E. F Deracy announced the list as Cairns Post reports.
Washington reports Feb 26 that a government plan seeks ceiling prices for meat to curb costs for average families. Officials argue contemporary prices strain households while industry leaders warn of supply effects and market distortion.
Official result snippet shows prize allocations with multiple lines of numbers and names blurred by OCR. First prize amount listed as £6000, followed by second, third, fourth and fifth prizes with varied identifiers and participant names, many unreadable.
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