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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
11
Fragmentary notice outlines a weekly event with team assignments and Friday activities. It references secretaries and a Manatee Pan context, but readable details are limited. The item appears as a brief public notice or internal memo lacking clear names or dates.
The folkewang team will represent Mercantile meeting Howes on Saturday. Senior teams chosen include names such as Lenam, Aaa tin, Orien, Boniface, and Heheshouse among others. Other lineups feature McMahon, Horwood, and Hamley for various fixtures with Railmeter departing at 9 15 am and a 2 3 pm start for Ivanhoes Rovers.
J Barnes patrons Starlike Decert Patrol and others contest events in Sydney with Addams Machh, Main Shaft, Rowanberry and Jacy drawing attention as horses prepare for the AJ.C. Anniversary Handicap. Widespread coverage details the Canterbury and Sydney race card, trainer changes, weight-for-age adjustments, and the Hooves of Phar Lap facing potential six furlong clashes as the autumn meeting shapes expectations.
MelbourneJanuary 7 acceptances list for the Wiccan Amateur Art Club meeting includes Hawthorn Hard Holiday Stakes Perinthos Medert Anommkoms Gynonar Tyco Vel dOr Solex and others in multiple races. Handicaps feature several horses such as Lampra Prine Don Gav Mira Donna Taras Kedale and more.
Acceptances listed for Moorefield races on Saturday with events including Kogarah Stakes First Heat Juvenile and other gates. Notable entrants include Mr Mercy Wingis Sarwin Jean Margot Howery Shorty Amanullah and more, with sums and times noted for heats and mile events across multiple divisions.
Readable entries show January fixtures for 9 and 10 Platoons against Naplan, January 25 representative team versus CY MLS, February 8 platoons against Gordomvale, February 15 No.1 and 12 Platoons, February 29 9 and 10 Platoons versus Machine Gunners. Names variably spaced.
The No 9 and 10 Platoons face Nos 11 and 12 Putra Sunday at 4 am with captains listed and a note that any unavailable players waive the captain. Additional mention of Hi Loge Platoons at 6 am and requests for players to inform captains promptly. Carlton Welter and other names appear amid a noisy, uncertain fragment.
The event concluded with a dramatic ladies final between Failce Redmond and Chas. Copelin after a sequence of close matches. Redmond surged ahead early but Copelin recovered to reach 17 holes even as the 18th needed replayed ties. Officials postponed a decisive finish, halving the prize for a later date while another tournament starts tonight.
London profiles reveal Newmans 24848 Davis 20759 Lindrum 17462 and McConachy 1614 in a billiards test with various breaks. snooker figures show McConachy 040 Lindrum 922.
Paris reports a nineteen year old rugby player Mane Vanicot died in hospital from a broken spine sustained during a Hendaye match on Sunday. The accident mirrors the January 8 Pradie collapse and has Rugby followers in the region on edge.
An article explains that disordered digestion with discomfort and flatulence indicates a fermenting stomach. It recommends Bisurated Magnesia after meals or when pain occurs to neutralize excess acid, stop fermentation, and restore digestion. Dealers bear sales tax, so no price increase.
Local writers denounce a 43 000 acre concession in the Etheridge field excluding Woolgar, arguing it blocks true prospecting and fossicking while unemployment rises and gold remains scarce. They call for opening areas to independent prospectors and question lease transparency and impact on old hands.
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