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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1940
Page
7
Eillestons offers genuine reconditioned motorcycles including 1937 Enfields Webber twin 150. Terms, prices and details available on request. Matchless and other makes listed with easy financing. Dealer extends holiday wishes and year end thanks.
Public auction conducted by Thompson Auctioneer listing stump puller nets ropes and farming implements. Items include fencing gear and tools with practical yard long descriptions. Also notices for painting tenders and demolition bids for a hotel project in Atherton with closing dates and local offices.
Cairns Jockey Club will hold a meeting at Cannon Park today with a field of features and fittings up for tender. Details include the lease of premises known as The City Billiards and related items. sealed tenders close at noon on 17 January 1940. The Local Public Curator will oversee the process.
Frank Dempsey, famed Victorian jockey, to assist as starter at Moonee Valley. Career highlights include 700 country wins and Caulfield Cup three times. Also mentions his England spell with Ras Khan and Sir Hugo Guncliffe. Harold Badger given one month holiday after Welter Handicap interference at Flemington.
A scrambled racing card lists various races and handicaps with entries such as Hankeap 35 aimed at Perse 1m, Corban Brown Phte 445 Manresa Lord Bine Purse 440, and Juvenile Handicap for fillies 230. It highlights best prospects Madame Cone and Our Boy, with several heats and entries like Sidcup 3 Cigareste 3 and Bureaucrat 420, reflecting a busy day of races and contenders.
The article notes an Anniversary Day meeting opening over Saturday and Monday January 2 and 3 with programs available at the club offices. Nominalations close at noon on Saturday January 20. The text is partially garbled but indicates event details and registration deadlines.
The fragment lists items such as Monarch Sew Sets and Rubene Metallic Tapes with scattered dates and panel references. Details are incomplete, but it appears to be a catalog note or order fragment mentioning sewing supplies and associated dates. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or full item descriptions.
The Pristai TURE Club lists January racing divisions with first to fifth divisions at varied furlongs and stakes including £15 for hacks. Nominations close Monday January 4 with fixtures for divisional handicaps and licensed entry conditions. horses allocated by the handicapper and eligible for specific divisions.***
A racing card fragment lists a first division handicap with Seale canceling Lad RST and entries like Newme Lord Bine and Mom Lim. The second division features tsrlongs-35 and Hebray with Bowe and Pose among others. A third division shows Mex Corban Shirley Beebe Beebe and Beebe entries tied to Joy Brown Lion Royelle, but details are unclear.
Whiffler's Tips from Brisbane on January 4 favor Altvor Park selections. Division Handicap signals Nivea or Cue Bush, Division Handicaps Dawn Persse or Pleiades, and Third Division Handicap Withjoy or Jax Corben. Plate contenders Lord Bine or Glen Prince. King Brotes or Purse listed as options.
A fragmented report notes racing events at Randwick and Ascot with mentions of Wieresa Onceva Teane and the Vetersa taking wins or placements. The text references midweek racing gaps and a display at Brinbene and Wiemington with unclear outcomes.
In the Daye meeting after six weekends the grass tracks of Boabare host a notable event on Noiday Saturday at Albion Pasture. Fourteenth division contenders include Nisus Jethro Seulfie and Fancy. Nisus, previously sixth in the Third Division Bachcap, now drops to the Fourth. Jethro was runner up to Mirrabelle in the Trial Hands. Shartay finished fourth in the Third Division and moves to Fourth. Veron Bright and Valier compete in the FIRST DIVISION HANDICAP while Lord Bloc shows form and is a factor. Orrison and Cost’ et al. featured in midweek handicaps with Corin third. Down Persse and Pleiades contend in the THIRD DIVISION HANDICAP.
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