Chookmakers Drawing Held at Mr O'Donnalls
A morning draw was conducted at Mr O'Donnalls for the chookmakers stands. The executive xece will start at 3 pm Saturday. Sales will be at the office.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1946
Page
2
A morning draw was conducted at Mr O'Donnalls for the chookmakers stands. The executive xece will start at 3 pm Saturday. Sales will be at the office.
The latest weights for the Atherton racing meeting list entries and assigned allowances. Entries feature Prince and other notable runners as trainers and owners prepare for the weekend event. Local track officials confirm final declarations and possible rider changes ahead of race day.
Britain and Guatemala engage in discussions amid rising tensions. Officials report no breakthrough yet as talks continue, with regional observers noting potential implications for diplomacy and trade.
AP dispatch notes tension in Indo China with northern Vietnam under occupation and Chinese sentries visible in streets. Hanoi reportedly has 16,000 armed troops from the Annamese army while Cochin China remains under 30,000 French troops. evacuation plans by Chinese are unclear.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and topics like CPCS and Berlin with unclear context. It references Poland and money and a Reuters touch, but the exact event, dates, places, or outcomes are missing. The readable portions suggest a political or financial reference but lack verifiable details.
A garbled brief notes a January report mentioning tonnage and ships, with partial details about a build or event in Britain and references to dates around the end of January, but the text is incomplete and not clearly parseable.
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