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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jul 24, 1917

Page

4

Melbourne July First Acceptances for Steeplechase Race

Sporting brief lists acceptances for the aes Yom Blarifle and Australian Steeplechase races at Melbourne on July First. Notable names include Lord Grey Van Homreigh Corona tus Caibye True White Obi Merun gua Pistolier Bundong Wonder graph Colonel Light Ring Mostyn and others.

Melbourne Lord Grey van‘ Homreigh Coronatus Caibye True White Obi Merungua Pistolier Bundong Wondergraph Colonel Light Ring- Mostyn Tenacwus Dunacles Polygamist Nickajack Royal Precedent Flash Jack Fastolf Algous Macnaughty Abbey

Cairns Juniors Edge Innisfail in Charity Cup Duel

Cairns Juniors defeated Innisfail 16 to nil in a junior football match. The Charity Cup clash was held on Sunday with a strong showing from the Cairns side.

Innisfail Cairns

Northern Football Notes From Owl's Notebook Innisfail Trip

Abost thirty footballers and supporters left for Innisfail by motor boat on Saturday. After a 13 hour voyage they arrived. Cairns team were trounced 1–0 in a disputed match viewed by about five hundred at the grounds. Innisfail's selection was praised for effort and discipline.

Innisfail Innisfal Johnstone River Flying Fish Point Cairns

Cairns Rugby Team Fails to Withstand Innisfail Pressure

The Cairns side, led by Cronin, faced strong winds and a late push by Innisfail. Blue and Cairns traded scores with Innisfail breaking through to win 16 to 3, highlighting conditioning as a weakness. The trip included a follow up game at Gordonvale, where Cairns claimed a 12 to 9 victory.

Williams Cronin Cairns Mee “Bhies Innisfail 16 Pommel Gordonvale

Treat for the Children Visit to Cairns

The mayor reports about 150 children and 50 mothers will arrive tomorrow for school visits along the Chillagoe line. Accommodation is tight with few homes offered, and residents are urged to host at least one child or more. Town Clerk contact advised to arrange hospitality and ensure a pleasant coast visit for first time travellers.

Cairns Chillagoe Posal Mayo

Cairns Guild Demonstrates New Machinery to Public

Citizens of Cairns viewed the Red Cross Equipment Guilds new machinery a oil engine circular saw band saw and other gear. Speakers A J Mighell Booker Pease and Mr Draper praised the Cairns Aquatic Club and Guild workers as patriots supporting the Empire and clean sport. A cheque for 60 was handed to the Guild committee and total subscriptions reached £300. The event featured Cairns Town Band performances and a public start of the machinery under Mr Noble’s supervision.

Cairns Red Cross Cross Fon 5 Ge Wee Senavé A. J.mighell Booker Peaseiper Draper Messrs. Mighell Pease Phraticas Partoulec Goobi Ours Noble

Northern District Pa Triotic Fund Accounts Summary

Financial entries show acknowledgments across departments including Harbor Board and Cairns Town Council. Noted totals include dependants and wounded soldiers funds with prior acknowledgments and equipment allocations, plus Red Cross and Southern Cross Tobacco Fund figures.

J. Herrick Jo Thomson Baler Sal Sc Harbor Board Cairns Harbor Jas Lyons Ltd Mr. Kelly J. T Cai Town Council P. St Cairns Tow Council Allen & Sons Oyees W.munro Red Red Cross Fund Southern Cross. Tobacco

Intolerance and Industrial Strike Violence Exposed

An illustrated critique reveals a modern employer’s duplicitous use of philanthropy to justify wage suppression. A sister funds a society called Emancipation for humanity, but its leaders, mostly women, torture workers under threat of starvation. The industrial overlord orders rifle fire on strikers, killing some and forcing others to abandon their jobs. Strikebreakers fill the vacant positions while the injured and starving endure the vortex of oppression. This Australian stage piece, with a sympathetic symphony, warns of social consequences of intolerance and labor control.

Resto Tee Ie Ee

The Black Butterfly in Paris Folies Bergere Romance

Operatic tale follows Sonia the Black Butterfly in Paris as a dazzling star whose life entwines with Gaston Duval and Marie in a web of love, loss, and tragedy. A selfless nurse, Alan Hall, and others complicate her tangled past, ending with a dramatic reunion and unresolved disappearance.

Paria Sheig Lettera Lord Braislin Girard Dos Bo An Sonia Marie Gaston -Duval Paris Gaston Pagis Keverie Alan Hall Alan Kaise Ami Bergere Sof Pais Durin Dural Maalke

Miss Alwyne Starred In Cairns Pictures Event

The Cairns Pictures management hosts Miss Marjorie Alwyne in a mixed program at the Austral Theatre. Features include a new film lineup with The Girl of the Lost Lake starring Myriie Condelzes, plus Dorothy Dalton in a Triangle tale and The Secret Kingdom serial. The night showcases memorable acts and a steady audience, with repeats planned tonight.

Cairns Pictures Marjorie Alwyne Miss Alwyne Nic Chicken Casey Dorothy Dalton Pia Othepile Vitograph Lis Boentre Pictures Gladys Garfield Austral Teatre Lost Lake Myriie Condelzes Kay Bee Asey

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