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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 29, 1930
Page
9
Sporting entries and other notices alert readers to upcoming events, schedules, and results. The clipped notice emphasizes accuracy of timings and participant names for fair competition and clear public notice.
The Turf-Cairns Jockey Club reports strong preparations for its annual meeting with fast work planned on Wednesday at 9 am for owners to train. A large horse contingent is expected and tram services will cater to patrons. Admission remains 12 shillings for gents and 5 shillings for ladies, with Friday declared a public holiday and merchants closing early, aiming for a large gate.
A historical list from Melbourne July 2 for the Australian Hurdle meeting on August 2, naming horses and odds across events including the Crimea Trial and Malakoff Stakes, with entries such as Darna, Deviser, Air Seon, Golden Bloom, Kedare, Gilt Edge, and many more. The record presents a dense catalog of steeplechase and hurdle contenders with varying odds, reflecting the era’s race card details.
Fragmentary notes from Cairns Jockey Club outline entrants and potential runners for the Cairns Cup and spring events. Mentions Kingsman Bulgar Dave Nirwws Cairns Cup heat prospects, Sydney trainers Gl Naidu Hasler, plus riders and horses such as Playr cal Hann and Walvin linked to Caulfield Cup interest. Reports on entrants from Sydney Melbourne and South Australia, with plans for Cairns meeting and upcoming spring carnival.
Melbourne reports July 23 on betting and racing events. Messtrooper dominates hurdle events with multiple placements and notable finishes. Brisbane notes July 27 record performances by rider Howth O'Donnell in the 50 miles Nissen road race, beating Australian and Queensland benchmarks.
Edwards disqualified after multiple rule violations in a bout against Sarpali. Sarpali dominated, with Edwards failing to maintain holds for a fall. The match occurred in Melbourne on July 27, highlighting Edwards as the underperformer in a sharper display by Sarpali.
Classified note announcing establishment registration and regulation details for Bussess and Stats under Brisbane Courser, with emphasis on a straight starting price framework and updated regulatory status.
The meeting debated appointing a sole selector to pick three skips and collaborate with them in forming pennant teams for day and night play. Proposals included a six member selection panel and various amendments while concerns about financial impact and control were voiced. In the end the motion for a sole selector was carried and Mr Langan thanked the chair for the discussion.
A Cairns assemble to bid farewell to the Brisbane men's hockey team as they depart by road and rail after a two week tour. The party enjoyed Lake Farrar and Tolga excursions, boating and scenic outings, with thanks to local hosts and car sponsors including Miss Geveney Archibald Mazlin Hagan Hayhall Ellwood Keble Gilmore Pederson Anderson and Parker. Townsville will face Cairns next Sunday in a Hockey Cup match with ads to follow.
Australian Cable Servier 13s LONvox won the Liverpool Cup by two lengths from Leopardas with Leon and Eleven among the eight others in a field of eleven. The winner led by a length and a half at the finish as two lengths separated second and third place.
Paris July 27 Leducq won the Tour de France. He rode eight hundred eighteen metres in one hundred seventy two hours twelve minutes eleven seconds. All Cairns will be at the Cairns Annual Friday and Saturday meeting.
The Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations expands with four regional divisions including southern central and northern stations and a traveling team led by Kerr Beil and Bennett. Field officers and entomologists study cane diseases pests and soil health while new laboratories and sugar mill technology work advance extraction and manufacture. Funding comes from industry and government to support agriculture, pathology, and chemistry research across Australia.
A major theft in London involved a robbery at the mansion of Reynolds in the year’s largest loss since 1800s. Valued at £35,000, items include a Countess of Minto’s pearl necklace and other jewellery from the residence on Charles Street Mayfair.
Advertised notice from Hodel's Lidl amctioneers on Lake Street invites tenders for a quantity of Tasmanian apples to be sold on Thursday July 31 at 1am. Also invites bids for the sale of the Inte Cha Carlson's raised deck motor launch Athlone at Gladstone.
The article recalls Liszt studying under Liszt and Cosima becoming his pupil then wife. It notes Wagner’s influence on Liszt’s fame and tragedy, Cosima’s later life in Villa Warmfried, and the enduring memory of the famed romance in music history as depicted by an illustrated feature.
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