This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1928
Page
9
Cairns Jockey Club announces nominations for Saturday's meeting at Marti al Woree closing today Hind cape will be declared only cents With the kargy number of ciong train in the district and with pond support anticipated from horee owners the racing on Saturday shoulde very successful. The coures be in first class order.
The Gordonvale Turf Club June meeting drew a fair crowd with brisk racing and visible fashion. Multiple divisions produced varied results as Coombella led early in one race and undercard horses like Miss Atty and Lianda contested tight finishes, with times around 54 seconds and dividends ranging from 11/ to 44/6.
Brisbane June 16 Albion Park attracted a large crowd for the Albion Cup meeting with a day of racing in fine weather. The program included multiple divisions and listed starters such as Piastal, JAR, Keccien, Prince K, Rosyee, O'Sullivan, Diedene Soragnend, Pescador, Sir Chart on Treas, Saintly, High Viel, Whaarion, Mountain Ureenteek, Finesse and Fairvoua.
Retting and race call details from multiple divisions, listing horses like Saybanda Jon De mater Gilet vas Rorrochant and Chippewa. Dividends and times are recorded for each event, with notes on leads, margins, and place finishes across the card at Rosehill and other venues.
Saturday night at the Gaiety features Beaton a featherweight trained by Herb Acworth agreeing to a bout with Keg from Townsville. Jack Heaton joins the fall lineup in great condition as Dodds displays clever fighting style for a thrilling contest.
Melbourne June 15 An extraordinary meeting of shareholders discussed establishing a New Zealand branch to compete with Arch Dunlop, Kulber, and Australia Ltd. Mr Wol Ballon stated they would net in Australia and earn money before any adverse effect from the current export terms.
Over 4000 people gathered at Clif ford Park in Toowoomba in June to welcome aviator Hinckler and his wife Mrs Knelder. The crowd cheered as Hinckler completed a stunt and a flawless landing. Mayor Alderavin extolled the visitors and praised the aviator in a brief address.
The Cairns area issues tenders for a worker's lodge at Gordonvale while a Thursday signing on of cane cutters is planned at the Lake Woperer Moseman Mill. On Tuesday June 26 the Cairns Aquatic Club hosts a Hawaiian event with prizes and advertisements.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.