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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jul 30, 1917

Page

4

War News From Paris and Allied Fronts July Reports

The Paris cabled dispatches note German alarm at British operations and cautious German reconnaissance near Arras and Bullecourt. Geneva reports guard efforts against hunger threats to crops. Amsterdam notes a German submarine sank a Dutch tug. Petrograd hints ministers offering resignations to aid reconstruction. The ex-Czar broke his leg while cycling at Tsarskoye Selo.

Paris Petite Parisienne Arras Bullecourt Amsterdam Lemarine Tsarkoe Selo

O T C Red Cross Meeting At Ascot Highlights Trials

In Merisbane July meets windy conditions with fair attendance. Trials include Say Malt 78 and Flying Leaf 67 in 2 furlongs sprints, plus Don Scorn and Memorist among top finishers in the Red Cross Handicap. Memorist wins by a half length with Candobalin and Im Trouble close behind.

Merisbane O.T.C Red Cross Ascot Northover Mackell Scopus Girl Rems Lad Oto Trz Pozieres Deliacre Yas Jones Ei Dow Scorn Davis Saynin Silva Allowants Glint Lad Ornata Yoaching King Ciro Smart Laddie Kipping Rook Foe Ell Yank Special Tas Tonga Dance Outrage Leeware Albro Cour de Moinen Bradbery Fan Kent Don Scorn Delmnacre Rote Hite Liavist Raheng Bird Westlind Murphy Tagelloie Woolscroft Renong, Jr A Hawkin Waaseeca Blind Murphy Rahaeng Bessie May Naa Pinkerton Fisher Ashview Eatom Burnley Mogadshan View Coquetdale Pinkertom Alina Bope Gray Ims Sa Wondergraph Trece Socotra Castlin Bening Iz Ej Wondergraph Almo Red Signal Graham Red Corn Killorn Berd Num Paige Marshada Will Comfort

NOVICE HANDICAP AND CANTERBURY CUP RESULTS

Racing results from Canterbury Park and Moonee Valley show White Owl winning a novice handicap mile at Canterbury with strong betting and a late surge. Gowrie takes the Belgian event Cup at Canterbury with Vanity's Sister and Cairn Wallace following. In Melbourne at Moonee Valley, Pistolier wins the two mile hurdle, Veronal holds high weight in the 34 furlongs, and Torchy vies for the lead with Veronal.

White Owl Davis Stena John Valnt UH. Barnes Tom White Owl Balo Segemil Kine Gowrie Cairn Wallace Libke Vanity Fiiegerat Gowrie Edenie Tween Melbourne Moonee Valley Thompson Dunacles Cairns Smith Dunacles Veronal Vine Torchy Aislab Killorm

STABLE HANDICAPS AND A COLLISION AT CANTERBURY PARK

The Canterbury Park Cup meet featured a sensational Maen Handicap crash with nine horses falling. Jockeys Wilkinson Bragg Barden and several others were injured, some seriously, as stewards opened an inquiry into the central pile up.

Sydney Joly mm Lincere Wood Pack Thistle I Conner ' Uoree Warne Jacqua O'Sullivan Queen Carmen Crockett Blackshot Maxwell Down Cry Bragg Miss Fallantrac Wilkinson Chazelle Barden Linacre King Seakeys Drage

Jockey Injuries Mark Barcaldine Race Meeting

Report from Barcaldine shows multiple jockeys injured after a race at the Central Club meeting. Rock Hannah fell after a stumble at three furlongs, causing injuries to Route March, Woo rah, and Piccola Lad. Beale suffered a slight concussion, Gallig her shock, Blake a shoulder, and Luckaway serious bruising.

Central Club Rock Hannah Hockaday Route March Blake Woorah Beale Piccola Lad Gallagher Wherali Lluckaway

Intolerance inspires crowded Cairns Palace audience

D W Griffiths epic Intolerance drew a packed crowd at the Palace Theatre on Saturday with lavish color, monumental battle scenes, and a moral about intolerance across ages. The program also featured A Stranger from Somewhere with Franklyn Farman and a Cairns run of other dramas and comedies at popular prices.

D. W. Griffith Palace Theatre Sydney Melbourne Hugo Franklyn Farman Amos Vernon Claire Luc Dowell Dominion Cairns

A Goat Without In It Episode Foretells Dark Forest Encounter

The American travelers in this episode of A Goat Without meet a negro courtier who offers a sacrifice and is slain after they bar a purchase. Fear and superstition rise among the party as they witness Voodoo rites during filming at Vitagraph with a mob of three hundred negroes and snake charms enhancing the scene.

France Charles IX Henry of Navarre St. Bartholomew Babylon Arline Vitagraph Company Teele Beevin

Chilean Earthquake Reports Reach Ayres From Chile

United Press reports from Ayres indicate a Chilean earthquake affecting regions near San and home areas with limited details available. The brief dispatch cites dates and mentions related church service notes and clerical schedules in July and August.

London United Press Ayres Sanof Heas Bees Chile

Unscrupulous Patent Tonic Promises Health Remedies

An odd testimonial claims a tonic named Fitell's Beef Iron and Maltel Wine cures tiredness and widow’s weariness. It touts its benefits for women and urges purchase by storekeepers at prices of 3 shillings and 5 pence per bottle.

Elliott Taringa Notes Che Fitell Derniete

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