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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1915
Page
4
Under the patronage of Right Rev J A Bravey the Convent of Mercy in Cooktown offers modern dormitories and classrooms with sea breezes. Music lessons piano violin and private singing available. shorthand and typing offered. Apply Mother Superior for details.
The Townsville card reports First Division race won by Black Cap by two lengths over My Fleece with Kakawaj third. Second Division saw Sirrah first by half length over Seers and Lecunia. Tividend earned 2/3. Tatts Handicaps list Black Cap defeating Kakawsi with Whitewood and Mad Jack among starters. Third Division won by Billingscount by a length over Stop the Winner. Trot event Sie Trix and Ray Jack won. jockeys punished for riding. Pavement Handicaps Fleece won by half length.
In light southeast wind seven Losts started the third race for the Draper’s Trophy. Austral led early before Dauntless, Rainbow, Rose and others battled for positions around the marks. Dauntless finished first with Austral, Rose and Rainbow close behind. later protests and sail repairs were noted as boats traded places and the field completed the course.
Sailing results show Rainbow first with 4.200, Thelma third and Dauntless fourth as Rainbow outpaced Dauntless by 40 minutes on the course. The club plans a trophy set next weekend with a Fitzgerald Faithful boxing match slated for Easter Monday morning. Innisfail won a cricket match by 13 runs as McAvoy and Atkinson starred with the ball.
In Brisbane, Wave Geikie and Hector Wills fought a 15 round draw before a packed Bris bane Stadium. Melville was knocked down in round one but recovered to outbox Geikie, as the balance of points shifted multiple times until Geikie edged ahead to claim a near unanimous verdict.
The Carbine Rifle Club held its usual half year meeting at the School of Arts last Sunday week electing Captain J. G. West Secretary Alton Armstrong Treasurer Allan Dewees and committeemen J Peters, M Jebreen, FE Rhode, W Casselis, and W Harris. Auditors were appointed for the ensuing half year and scores from the latest practice shoot were listed.
Innisfail defeats Cairns by 23 runs in a cricket match. The report lists players and scores from both innings, detailing bowlers Woods Archibald Trumper and others, with mentions of local allotments and property listings interwoven in the page text.
Auction notice details land parcels in 41-Mile Siding and Byrnest districts with multiple allotments Sec 5 6 including a Hallway Hotel premises stock at valuation, Cottage and covings, Frinting Office and Shop, old Livery Stable, Cottage improvements, and a Granite front location. Several allotments include cottages and outbuildings for sale with licenses and furniture.
A team from Innisfail arrived amid unsettled weather and heavy winds to play a local match. The report notes numerous players, scoring attempts, and field conditions, with several references to boundaries, lines, and farm land postures, ending with a listing of property offerings and tram lines in the region.
Seven boats started in the first race under a strong south east wind. Rainbow sailed well, leading rounds and handling a tricky jibe near the pile while Thelma, Mose, Hose, Elsie, Dauntless, and Austral chased. A mid race collision affected several boats as Rainbow fought to maintain first place after the final jibe.
An old promotional paragraph touts Warner's Safe Cure as a medicine that acts on kidneys and liver to heal and soothe, enabling the body to expel retained uric and biliary poisons. The ad claims widespread availability and chemist state backing with a quoted price and claims of concentrated formula.
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