Turf Cairns Races Card Teems with Divisions and Rules
The Cairns turf club schedules a full afternoon of racing with divisions A through Seventh and an open seventh for pros and approved riders. Horses must report to the paddock one minute before start, with jockeys at the owners’ barn for inspection and permits. Admission is by sale at the club office until 1 o’clock, and trains depart Cairns at 1:40 pm.
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Tee Cairns Hack Club
Miageeiem Ahgmooerating
Pipanes Bh
Barnes
Catinon Park
rTwrning
Cairns
Albion Park Prospects in Brisbane Plate and Sprint Race
Albion Park cards look lively with Yeoman dominating the Plate at last Albion meeting and facing stiff opposition from Guttering Star Pilton and Colleague in the 7 furlongs First Division. Freelance and Diagram clash again while Kimbell and other runners seek favorable pace on a tricky track with potential upsets before December’s end.
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Brisbane
Yeroman Bathfort
Freelance
Albion Park
Diwick
Yeoman
Albion
Pilton
Ascot
Seturnay
Sipapelin Bali
Badford
Piagram
Diagram
Reelance
Kimbell
Nee
Kimbel
Orvi
WHEPFLER'S SELECTIONS BRISBANE RACING SUMMARY
Whepfler's selections list heats and contenders for Brisbane races. Names such as Whifler Pare, True Treasure, Red Paddi, Little Tony, Tours Division, and Gien sorough appear in the first division heats, with notes on heat outcomes and prospects.
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Brisbane
Fifon
Tony
Tours
Lia
True Treasure
Descedo
Antrim
Sarton
Little Tony
Red
Janet
Goungarrie
Tory
Pilton
Badford
John Apple
Wisedo
Wonsanna
Pear Pin
Mansfield
Foraver
Filton
Wonanna
More American Cars Expected In Australia Early This Year
Sydney January 1 The importation of a greater number of American cars in Australia early this year was forecast by Mr H C Steiner vice chairman and managing director of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company There was little chance of a reduction in prices he said.
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Sydney
Australia
H.C. Steiner
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Sister Kenny’s Return to Australia Explored
Sydney reports Sister Kenny plans to return to Australia from America within two months. Willem Beh, who traveled from Amelia to the Marne Phoenix, joins the discussion with the method’s director of mechanical anatomy. This marks a push for wider acceptance of her treatment in Australia since 1928.
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Sydney
Kenny
Australia
America
Willem Beh
Amelia
Marne Phoenix
Sister Kenny
Steter Kenny
Seil
Price of dairy produce debated at Australian dairy conference
The article notes immediate steps to offset rising costs by dairy producers and discusses seeking wage-based price support. Mr C Jamieson, late president of the D.6, plans to attend the Sydney conference as part of the push. The State council of the GUO is expected to press for country milk producer relief matching metropolitan parts.
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Sydney
C. Jamieson
State Council of the
GUO
Lismore Storm Causes Widespread District Disruption
A January storm swept across the district bringing heavy rain that lasted about half an hour before clearing. The event caused extensive disruption to roads and local services as emergency teams responded to the widespread impacts.
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Ismore
Rae
Unclear Racing Card Items From Brisbane Meeting
Fragmented text lists numerous horses and divisions from a Brisbane meeting. Names include Jeffy Boy Archicurs Mostafor Himrod Constantine Ghining Silk Specs Maryborough Sunburnt My Garrio Desceda Lough Foyle Tim Sarton Master Howrty Mongar Mickey Active Star Jovera Cockalorum Ambertall Byron Lary Daimar Pair Bank Antrimao City Snow Fifth Division Firat til es 97 Valley s Rite Secord Glenunge Pata Lotte Tony Heat yarde 25 pm Lyndon Betty Frances Dotter Halais Parthian Gambling Bertie.
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Turion
Hebvale
Jeffy Boy
Archicurs
Mostafor
Himrod Constantine
Maryborough
Lough Foyle
Tim
Howrty Mongar
Mickey
Jovera
Cockalorum
Ambertall
Byron Lary Daimar
Bank Antrimao
Firat l
Tilles Anc
Valley
Rite
Secord
Glenunge
Lotte
Tony
Heatyarde
Lyndon Betty Frances Dotter
Halais Parthian
Bertie
Ervals
Purcona
Millard
G. Williams
Jaffy Boy
Cavanagh
Milastearne
Livingston
Constantine
Byrne
Epercos
Reardon
Sunburnt
Moore
Desredo
Genn
True Treasure
Rolls
Archicura
Mules
Humrod
Best
Harbuts
My Garrio
Boyle
Siretuon
Rowdy Mickey
Birrer
Jovera Byrne
Yeoman
Golden Gully
King
Martell
Wiscon
Mortman
Middle Ages
Towner
John Apple
T. Livingston
Meritor
Unwin
Curran
San Sebastian
Wonanna
Hone
Chapple
Garr Gilk
Lord Balmore
Cavanaugh
Mathona
Stretton
Wedge Beau
Huaheen
Stephens
Glenborough
Tindall
Lord Lennox
Morgan
Harbutt
Rotten Row to Lead Field in Moorefield Handicap
Rotten Row favored to win Moorefield Handicap over one mile and a quarter with jockey J Thompson facing strong rivalry from Constable and Dead. Meeting marks Moorefield’s return, a testing front running course suited to Rotten Row’s style. Deed and Wellington also noted as top contenders with several heats and divisions detailed for the day.
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Rotten Row
Moorefield
J. Thompson
Constable
Dead
Oame
Oman
Man O'War
Tommy Smith
Silent
Queensland
N. Sellwood
Constable Sellwood
Sydney
Deed
Souvenir
Rotter
Row
Titeric
Peter Moore
Villiers
Titanic
Randwick
Glenborough
England
Wellington
George Moore
Wellngton
Flo
Native Son
Jon
Titan
Evening Phore
Hiraji
Canterbury
Lakshim Vall
Peter Con
Lakshm Vallis
Peter Com
Barnsley
Cavaiero
Prince Mohican
Recite
Nigeria
Rose Glory
Partak
Antes
Oriental of Yankee Lnd
Hirai
Atherdon
Chantilly
Happy Ways
New South Wales Fast Start Boosts Shield Title Bid
Sydney January 31 A brisk opening gives New South Wales a strong chance to win the Shield outright against Queensland. NSW 212 in 138 overs. Qld 244 in 280 minutes at lunch with Pettiford taking 5 for 49. Carmody 73 and Livingstone 54 pace NSW reply, opening 128 in 78 minutes. Night watch attendance 1,883, takings £86.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Queensland
Pettiford
Smite We Sone
Cook
Morris
Johnson
Grout
Carmody
Livingstone
Lukeman
Livine
British coal shortage halts major works in East Anglia
London January 2 Reuters reports coal shortages force Mason Portland cement works at Clayden to shut. Ipswich power station project in progress threatened. Stewartby brick works in Bedfordshire warns of closure without coal supplies.
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London
Reuters
East Anglia
Mason Portland
Clayden
Ipswich
Evening News
Stewartby
Bedfordshire
Polish Persecution in Poland Ahead of Elections
A Warsaw press conference quoted Mikalajervit, leader of the Opposition, saying the Peasant party faces intimidation and murder. He would decide by January 7 whether to call a boycott of the January 14 elections. Security police reportedly imprisoned 104 Peasant candidates as arrests continued across Poland. Hundreds were stripped and forced to stand naked in windowless rooms amid the harsh winter.
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London
AAP
Associated Press
Warsawanya
M. Mikalajervit
Borcott
Peasant Party
Poland
Boxing Segro Boxers Arrive in Sydney
American boxers Clint Miller and Willie Roach arrived in Sydney for a stay of at least three months. Miller, 20, and Roach were slated for bouts against local opponents Miller versus Miller and Roach versus Vice Patrick with fight plans announced for the period.
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Sydney
Clint Miller
Willie Roach
Miller
Roach
Patrick
Innrisfail Turf Club Holds Mixed Handicap Races at Innisfail
A turf meeting planned at Pease Park Innisfail features a 2138 handicap with divisions offering varying prize pools from £2.5 to £78 for multiple furlong races. Entries close January 16 with travel concessions listed for Atherton Tablelands Townsville and Gordonvale participants. WILLIAMS is secretary of the club.
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Pease Park
Innisfail
Furlange
Mondey
Enich
Atherton Tablelands
Townsville
Gordonvale
Williams
Barkinstrest
Nmisfall P.O
Cyclone Centre Near Rockhampton Maintains Intensity
Weather Bureau reports cyclonic centre at 2 pm about 300 to 160 miles east north east of Rockhampton, moving southeast slowly and remaining intense. Seas rough south of Meckay with squally showers and southeast winds 18 to 30 knots. gales within 100 miles of the cyclone. North of Townsville seas are light.
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Brisbane
Weather Bureau
Rockhampton
Meckay
Tawnasville
Burma to sever currency link with India planned
Reuters reports from London that Burma will establish a currency board on January 1, 1947. The move, urged by Burma Governor Suan, aims to sever the currency link with India and place management under a board including the Bank of Burma and others.
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London
Abe Ooo Reuter
Burma
Sir Richard V
Bank of Change
Suan
Bruce Pie To Visit Northern Centers For State Election
Brisbane January 2. Bruce Pie will depart Bris bane Tuesday to accompany local committees in selecting State election candidates. Pie, Sloan and C. G. will tour Maryborough Bundaberg Mackay Townsville and Ingham visiting northern centres.
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Brisbane
Bruce Pie
Pile, Sloan
C. G
Maryborough
Bundaberg
Mackay
Townsville
Ingham
Field Marshal Milch Goes on Trial at Nuremberg
The United States military tribunal in Nuremberg opens the Milch trial. Charges include deportation of labor used as slave labor and murder, cruelty, and inhuman acts, plus personal links to Luftwaffe medical experiments on concentration camp inmates. The prosecutor seeks the death penalty while condemning the regime’s betrayal of victims.
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London
AAP
Milch
United States
Nuremberg
Clark Denney
German Labour
Sauckel
Trouble in Malta as dockers clash over five day week
London dispatch reports Maltese unrest after dockers vandalize administrative buildings and overturn feral cargo in protests supporting a five day work week. Demonstrators rally as authorities rule that the five day week does not apply to Almira or similar shipyards for now.
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London
Reuter
Valetta Mue
Dockera
Almira
Eisenhower Aims President Run If Public Support Grows
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told friends he would seek the presidency if the people want him to. The remark signals a potential bid amid growing calls for his candidacy as the nation debates leadership during wartime and postwar planning.
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Washington
Del
General de Eisenhower
Indian Test Cricket Team Tour Itinerary Revealed for Australia
A tentative Indian tour plan to Australia lists two Tests in Melbourne and a Sydney Test. Matches include Bathurst against Western Districts and Canberra against Southern Districts, with country games across Queensland and Victoria subject to Board approval. The itinerary covers October to February with venues in Perth Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Hobart Launceston and Canberra.
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Melbourne
Jack Matthews
N.S.W
Sydney
Australia
Bathurst
Canberra
Board of Control
Jeannes
Indian Board of Control
India
New South Wales
Western Australia
Perth
South Australia
Adelaide
Victoria
M.S
Queensland
Brisbane
Western District of
Southern New South Wales
Tasmania
Hobart
Launceston
No U S Troops In Middle East Denial From State Department
A State Department official denied a Moscow magazine report that U S troops are deployed in Turkey and Iraq, stating there are absolutely no American troops there. The remark was issued January 2 in Washington in response to the New Times assertion.
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Middle East
Washington
AAB
Moscow
New Time
Turkey
Tragq
Loss of Fortress in Scotland Sparks Dawn Search
Reuters reports a Royal Air Force dawn search for a missing Flying Fortress en route from Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland. Three crewmen bailed out safely ten miles from Lerwick, while a fourth did as well. The plane, carrying five, had lights on Lerwick airfield and radio contact attempts failed as it headed south. The pilot was last to bail, with efforts focusing on locating him.
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London
Reuters
RAF
Wim
Iceland
Prestwick
Scotland
Air Ministry
Lerwick
Advertised Local Jobs and Tenders Across Districts
The Proserpine District Hospital seeks two nursing assistants. Mareeba and Mulgrave shire offices invite tenders for nightsoil removal and a concrete mixer. Cairns Mulgrave boards call tenders for power excavator supply. Mareeba Hospital board seeks cold room installation tenders. Thursday Island Hospital seeks double certificated sister applicants. Freshwater Progress Association meets tomorrow at 8 pm. Atherton auction lists furniture by Skene Bros on Friday. Innisfail Seaside Shire invites diesel patrol grader operator applicants. Cairns City closes McManus street bridge area until further notice for repairs.
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Proserpine
Woothakata
Mareeba
Cairns-Mulgrave
Thursday Island Hospitals Board
Freshwater Progress Association
Freshwater Hall
Pam
Skene Bros. Auctionters
Atherton
S. M. Kerr
Jeanstone Shire Council
Innisfail
Cairns
McManus-street
Woodward-street
Swimming School Leaders Alf Vockler and Harry Le Mee
Alf Vockler and Harry Le Mee, famed wrestler-swimmers, opened aWatson's Bay swimming school now teaching 150 pupils. Their lifelong bond began in 1932 with Whiskers Blake, a giant of the sport, whom Alf rescued at Bondi. Blake later coached Alf in wrestling, leading to titles and a shared career. The piece traces their boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling paths, mentions Alf's Greek heritage notes about Harry, and highlights their ventures into greyhound racing, family life, and local sporting feats.
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Alf Vockler
Harry le Mee
Watson's Bay
Vockler-Le Mere
Whiskers" Blake
Australia
Dave Alf
Harry
Alf
Bondi Bathe
Blake
Harry le Moe
Buccessea
Greex
Leo Demetyal
Adelaide
Fendernliy
Alfa Cormer
Bern Tamplin
Joboutea Paribas Nn
Betty Bunce
Delia
Self Made Wonder Dog Thia Linked to Carro Owner
Thia, a self made wonder dog linked to Jack Millerd, a storekeeper in Carro near Gunnedah, longed to own a greyhound since schoolboy days. The Millerd family bred and trained racehorses and had Pookoad as a noted dog, with Thia being the standout additional canine in their story.
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Greyhouyis
Jack
Millerd
Werris Creek
Werris Creeks
Ike
Worris Creek
Chief Havoc
Wentworth Park
Mittle
Syinev
Exper
Carrol
Jack Millerd
Carro
Gunnedah
Family cheers as jockey son wins Welter Handicap
Trainer Fred Russell celebrates his 19 year old son Harry riding Souvenir to victory in the Welter Handicap at Randwick just hours after the elder Russell toasted the win at home in Kingsford. The family marks a century of clean racing tradition as Joe Russell emerges as a past national idol.
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Ahi
Joe
Harry
Brisbane
Srry
Harrys
Radchet
Royal Randwick
Geenor
Ricells
Jocke
Seth
Daceyville Secondary School
Jockeys
Seo
Harty
Fred Cought
Jas
Fred
Naid Toe Toy
Young
Fred Russell
Kingsford
Randwick
Barry’ Pener
Joe Riussell
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