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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1954
Page
2
Incomplete race card text shows results from divisions at Wedonvale with multiple horses and mishandled data. Notable entries include Belle Biream and Rumally with placing details and times noted for 44 furlong divisions, but many names and figures are garbled.
Fragmented report from Renetree on two year old and flying handicap races at Parramatta Stares division. Winners include Town Boss in a 3 furlong event with odds 6 to 4 and Pride of Egypt in a straw. Other placeholders list Highland Ray, O Sullivan, Stamp, and Athletic competitors with several horses named in unsettled order.
The readable OCR shows seed results with names such as Baim, Petersen, Mauch, and routes to 174 total. Bowling figures list T Carr 1 for 13 and B Bolton 6 for 54 among others. Several lines are garbled, with incomplete innings for Broth ers and Rovers and scattered references to players like W Allendenfort and J Stewart, making precise outcomes uncertain.
The Cairns Motor Boat Club held its annual meeting with notes on the year’s accounts and member contributions. R. Murray led a summary of the year, balances showed £22 18s 1d credit, and expenses totaled £73 4s 0d. The club praised member efforts, outlined forthcoming recipes and events, and referenced upcoming North West activities and equipment builds by D. Bolten and H. Kennedy.
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