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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
8
The event at the hotel includes sunmaltal reception and officers election for the year. Tenders close with Mr W. K. Mouelee at 4 p.m. on Friday. The program lists numerous horse names and races, with bets and purses noted.
On Saturday next the Warniors E and junior sides will field teams for a local cricket match. Players listed include Braden sock Gaines Pierce Sty Bangle Mtord Mia Galen Ree bore capt etc. The two teams feature numerous local players such as Ferauon Dickson Lyon Hh Ww Jew McLaughlin Hinsed Calder Ouster and Oxley Lemon F.
Fragmentary text lists individuals and reserve members from Le Vale and Armstrong groups as likely delegates to the NOB Association. Mentions a selection event in May and a London March date with unclear context. The passage references Austrians and other teams in a fragmented sports/public notice style.
A fragmentary report notes a defence department effort to promote pastimes for boys, focusing on boxing as a teaching activity. It mentions an annual word tournament for all weeks, with about 60 to 70 entries anticipated and a middle bout schedule outlined.
A bustling program features Elsie Ferguson and Florence Vidor with Wyn Rand in a romantic melodrama about a small town losing its innocence and a reforming heroine. The Callins hosts a second screening with a river-ward tale of wealth, youth, and forbidden revelry, ending with an admonitory note from a stern father.
Cairns Harbor Board committees met to review staff pay raises for seven workers and crane operational charges. The Finance Committee debated new rates from 4040 to 00 per hour for various roles, while the Works and Executive Committee considered engineer McCulloch's submission on harbour equipment costs and crane usage. The Board discussed timber quality, ship towing to Government, and sustaining productive wharf operations. Food for the Gulf continued as Brisbane reports a government steamer Doni Manton delivering supplies.
A married woman named Ly Night was knocked down at the railway station by rain and dragged by a train for over thirty yards. She freed herself and escaped with only a large bump on the head as her injury.
The Cairns Association meets to set June Carnival plans including band participation, the North Queensland Bands Association ties, and the choice of a new prize distribution method. A shield or cup donation is noted, adjudicator approval reaffirmed, and proposals favor woodworking events with notable prize money while seeking equitable prize distribution for visiting bands.
The Cairns event promoter Mr Howan expresses confidence that the forthcoming carnival will surpass the last in appeal and success. He notes expected new participants who have not yet competed in Cairns and anticipates strong attendance and local engagement.
London reports in the Commons on the 26 Dowell Maclean inquiry and Churchill intrusions as ministers push a plan to withdraw troops. Justice Mull in Townsville voices concern over jury convictions amid alleged court inefficiencies. Rome notes indicate a collapse in rail capacity and a push toward reform, with broader fears of revolution.
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