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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1946
Page
3
Atherton Hack Club hosts a meet with amateur titlists and season entrants asked to report by Saturday morning. Admission tickets available from the Secretary near Mr O Donnell in Mareeba, with bookmakers draw at the same office on Saturday. Prize money totals £170 across multiple divisions with entries closing July 1, 1946 at 4 pm.
Gordonvale hosts a race meeting with betting stands open at 11 am. The card includes divisions racing horses such as Prudent Bolo War General Red Tip and Kip Lag with train departures listed and major entries like Monte ATHERTON and Wakeo er Mavens among the field.
Albion Park weather and track prospects for today updated for local racing season conditions and race-day expectations.
Brisbane June 28 probable riders listed for Albion Park Ser with Sixth Division entries including Fire Hence aran Lily Conquest Port Lien Parsons Worcester A Finnsed K Cavan Bougoure Ralston Cai mond Die Palwell Towner Falcon J Wales Fisxure Pipa pees don Powder Migh Ban Stretton OSA Oye Incita tus King Prince Lim Birzr Honey Buzz Beresfor Fifth Division Heats Guiton Nelson Thoughts Picture Book McKinley Burgess Cuvilone Tallford Atch erty Healy Dark Allen Ander Wieede Briscoe Lorng Screet Rio Chief Verence Joe Conquist Win Boyale
A fragmented OCR item mentions individuals William Yeui and Prince Wigre in a brief local notice style fragment. No clear event or context is readable beyond names.
A racing meeting card lists handicaps including Two-Year-Old Handicap and Novice Handicap with entries such as Uranium and Beautiful. Bivan and Bewie are noted in the context of the events while references to participants like Ealer Wandinn and Camouiogs appear in the fragmented field.
Fragmentary notes describe Essalla Club members visiting Atherton for an event or gathering. Names such as Lum Grees, Johnston, Weed, and Green appear among partial listings. Other details are unclear due to distorted OCR.
Brown tops Mores 6 1 in a tight early set, then seals win 6 2 as Pails dominates 6 1 6 4. Bergelin edges Barton 10 8 6 3 6 4 in a separate match. Patty and Pate beat Coombe and Nuttall in first round doubles.
Fragmentary OCR text references Pepe Oceana Betz Dr Bart 64 J. gram Miss Quertier numbers 73 and 64, lacking clear context or complete details. No discernible event, place, or date emerges to form a coherent news item.
A fragmentary note from Innisfail on June 28 shows Mr. George as父? father of the Innisfail Rugby League team facing approval by electors Hong and Calleton. The item suggests tensions within the 8-team league and hints at age considerations affecting perception of the decision.
Fragmentary note promotes a dubious remedy using Double D eucalyptus drops. Instructions mention inhaling and applying drops, with unclear steps and imprecise quantities. The text lacks verifiable medical guidance and reads as an untrusted home remedy snippet with incoherent formatting.
Market report notes bananas priced around 6 to 9 pence with some items at higher levels, parsimony in peppers and grapes, tomatoes described as good quality though less abundant. Potatoes and onions show steady demand, frost affects some lines, and overall supplies remain sufficient with some categories near seasonal highs. Cucumbers and pumpkins show mid to steady prices. carryover stocks cleared and demand remains firm.
A garbled Cairns financial notice details member contributions and allocations across groups including Miser Ltd and Mrs Digger Cairns. It mentions final ballots, sums like £200 and £100, and allocations per member, with a July request for £6000 by Mr J G Tedmond as chair.
A cobbler from Jarob ney has worked without missing a day for 68 years. He starts at 5:50 in the evening to 9:45 at night, repairing thousands of shoes. His quiet life centers on his craft and the village children, whom he is deeply fond of.
Figures amid a mangled report discuss a wrestler named Babe Gros and a veteran member's two year union dues. The text references a robust Sara, a four man group, and mentions Brisbanes cabs and houses, with scattered names like Fogel and Stars of his team. The corrupted OCR yields a fragmented scene of backstage sport gossip and questionable loyalty.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Nora Ealling Flutures and Gordears vale in Cooktown with an unclear instruction to stay. Entities and meaning are speculative due to fragmentary text.
unclear OCR text from SRISBANE dated June hints at a dispute or scandal involving individuals Wieemer and Bterfard with uncertain spelling. No clear event, organization, or place established.
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