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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1947
Page
2
Local racing society announces a revised pregame schedule for a festival night at the Cairns Jockey Club. The event features prize money, a 2100 meter race string, and a promotional lineup planned for Friday evening with gates opening before the main card.
Incoherent OCR fragment references a turf event with names like Big Base and Prudent SSE Spe. Mentions spectators, a jockey lineup, and various participants amid garbled phrases. No clear date or location can be derived. readable items describe a horse race card with numerous misreadings.
The readable text is garbled and offers no clear names dates places or events to summarize into a coherent news item. It appears to be a damaged OCR fragment lacking verifiable details for a meaningful card.
Cairwe Jockey Club prepares for the Avorival Race Meeting with multiple divisions and events listed. The program highlights include the Firing Hyndicep open and the Gairay Cup, with races spread across two days and penalties or entries noted for horses, handlers, and entrants.
The fragment hints at a local notice or feature involving the Gorgon and a coming event at a Bal wy setaiey rat. Details are unclear but suggest a theater or cinema context with a scheduled activity today or soon.
Doomben race meeting notes from July describe two year old handicap results and trial handicaps. Starace leads the two year old handicap with McGrowdie aboard, while Noonday and Rhoodas run in the same division. Other listed runners include Conquest J Oghers Newhaven Gleaming and Bon Wivern, with times around 1 12 for six furlongs.
Toowoomba reporter Herman Witon quoted J J Lemeb saying no one was blamed for Corban Gold's failure in the third division of the Doomben Trial Hana. Wise claimed Corian Och would have won except for a bad fall as Deck faded. a taped recovery left the rider with bruises.
Brisbane July 77 captioned report covers Deep, a top punter horse, winning a major payout at Doomben where Deep finished ahead of Prince in a rough race. Bookmakers recovered losses as the punter Deep earned about £2008 amid midseason racing activity.
Fragmentary text notes uncertain days for a sports figure and plans for three men at Deomben. Mentions provincial meetings and metropolitan tracks with unclear names and dates. A July 71 notice says Murray Stream will leave for Bridbane west Sunday with Mulley and Cider rates there.
A scrambled report from Rosebud details a two year old handicap over seven furlongs with many names jumbled. Sentiment Warsi and Royal Ladita Doon are among the runners, with numerous others listed in an unclear card including Razin, Dark Forest, and Sun King among mixed stakes events and Rosehill style entries.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions a horse or race with a COO-EE Handicap on a one mile course. Names and details are garbled. readable terms include Moowee Valley, Fiddle, Tall Illiners, Bougoure, and 1920s style phrasing.
Fragmentary text lists names and a time 1.42 amid terms like Sunset Welter and Liberty Lad. Mentions Proll Marshal and various names. lacks coherent event details or outcomes.
A fragmented listing outlines meetings and events for local associations and chambers of commerce. It mentions a primary promotional effort, a meeting of members of certain associations, a central Beate Sehoat night, and a call for a secretary of community enterprises. The notice hints at purchases and Commonwealth-commissioned concerns.
A fragmented account recounts Foarman challenging Gare A 204 Commtat. The scene features crowd reactions and mentions Tully and Mare Kinguue SEN Sreecies, with reference to a Show on Friday and Saturday afternoon.
A garbled report chronicles Ken Bailey and Leo Heaney in a boxing scene with references to Mrs Peters and a secretary amid chaotic scenes. The piece hints at asylum, pin up culture, and a bustling local setting with unclear outcomes and names.
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