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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1943
Page
6
The Turf reports weights for Hatubat and other entrants. Victor Sea and Wear are listed with point totals, while Handicap figures appear alongside names in the July 29 timetable. The text is fragmented but indicates adjustments and entries for a racing event.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a LADIES' CLUB sailing through results. items mention Maruouze Mansell Wright Saft Zi Yarinelli Walt Sadie Dutt and players like Macartney Hughes Venables McBride Anderson Rom, but no coherent event or outcome is readable.
Brisbane report notes a Saturday afternoon round with players Baker Bore and others in a Cup event. Mentions weak clarity due to OCR, but lists ranks Sparrow Hawk, Noble Hall, Wiseland and Rank as favorites. Committee meeting postponed to July 38. next event Saturday afternoon with challengers and possible course record claims.
Brisbane July 9 Eve Felt won the half mile in 3 secs and finished the last three furlongs in 39 secs to beat Chandilla by half a length. Tate Green ran 53% secs for a similar distance with the final three furlongs in 40 secs. Smarttan and Blazing showed good form over five furlongs.
A large crowd watched Tanks defeat the Combined Mareeta Army 15 to 7 in the season opener. Collins and Gill scored for Tanks, with Cox kicking a penalty and the Army replying in the second half through McLaren and others as both teams attacked. Referee was Col. Roberts. next week a Bakery meet Ack te Mareeb at Showgrounds and other matches scheduled.
The Taxpayers' Association warns that Pay-As-You-Go income tax schemes, modeled on the United States and Canada, threaten Australians including service pensioners and retirees. Federal Treasurer Chidley rejected the plan amid political opposition from the United Italian Party, Country Party, and Australian Council of Trade Unions, as industry sector shifts focus to new welding advances and wartime production.
The Edmonton CWA branch held its monthly meeting on September 14 at Mrs Clark’s home with members including Mesdames Weston Sigen Fuller Bab Townsend Clark Kine Hogan Sollity McFlar die and Matthews honorary secretary. Apologies from Mesdames Down and Franklin. They voted to donate £10 to the Women Hostels for wartime workers and plan an August birthday event for charity. An inward letter thanked the Edmonton Red Cross for a £92 donation. A trophy donated by Mr E. was won by Mrs Hendric With Neket No 13.
The American journed report from the Australian Associated Press states the Navy Department disclosed the United States Atlantic Fleet was kept in readiness for the Sicilian operation for eight months, without any men lost.
New York Times Cairo correspondent reports American lease and lend material for Russia moving via Iran and the Persian Gulf in volumes that outstrip Russia's ability to receive it, reaching the fighting areas.
At Innisfail petty sessions this morning magistrate Mr Mamwell dealt with Frederick Colin Meyer and others. Meyer pleaded guilty to failing to carry a certificate of competency and driving a vehicle with a registration label not affixed. Others including Antonio Setelan Giovanni Tormabone and Can sable Huscher faced related charges for defective labels, parking near a kerb, and driving without proper plates. Sentences included fines and seven days imprisonment in default of payment.
Incomplete OCR reads that Mr WH Tuxton and Mr EN Emery, chemist, may hold professional consultations at a hotel on a weekend in July. Apparent appointment scheduling possible in advance with the stated individuals, but details are fragmentary and uncertain.
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