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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
11
Secretaries and others responsible must lodge all weekly sporting announcements for cricket football and related events with the Post by 10 p.m. on Thursday to ensure insertion in Friday's issue. Late notices may not be published.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a sports note with scattered words like Mae, Turf, Bo Mucor, TS Pret Saad, and numbers 8.2 and 24. The readable items hint at a track or turf item but lack clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to form a full event summary.
The Albion Park section lists numerous entries across divisions with horse names such as Seven Furlonys, Lazy Wraith, Spelless Knight, Paddington, and Temperate Lady. It notes weights, odds, and runners including Tradecraft, Carollme, and Temperate Lady among others in a crowded program with multiple stakes and placements.
Readable remnants announce a tailoring contact: Tommy Short, MR, Under Big Tree, 32 Abbotts Street. Call phone 147 today for sealing and tailoring services as implied by the fragment.
The article discusses rapid deforestation in the Chotg Nagpur region and its impact on the Birhor people. It cites forest rules, reduced game and forest produce, and population decline as civilisation pressures rise. It notes forest authorities predicting village settlement and self sufficiency changes amid chronic hardship and poverty. It laments policy failures and urges better protection of tribal lands.
Wagga Gold Cup race results from Sydney on May 7 show Bawn na Glas winning by three lengths. Goshawk and Perry Seven placed among the top finishers as racers completed a 100 furlong event with Australia ties noted.
Ten thousand spectators watched Shikat defeat Hans Stine in a near finish, the world champ extended by a giant opponent who dropped him twice before Shikat secured victory in a dramatic match at a New York arena.
A 19th century study describes the Korwas as a primitive, migrating people in the United Provinces and Jharkhand areas. They resemble African Negroes in appearance, live in forested regions, rely on shifting foraging and cultivation, and suffer from debt bondage and restricted forest access. The piece notes their dwindling numbers and social vulnerability within tribal groups managed by colonial authorities.
The fragment mentions tobacco ash used as soil fertiliser and notes high ash production. It also references a rise in casualities from ice skating with injuries ranging from broken fingers to concussions and fractured limbs. No clear date or event given.
George Tringas and two helpers secured a large rock cod weighing about 180 pounds at Cardwell while clearing a fish trap. The catch surprised him as he went to check the trap and the crew aided in bringing it aboard.
A May report from Hliakew states that the Catliatic Farbery of Hifalge &yts were captured in a boot iy Honchom near ay Genter ol Anhwei and Hupeh, with four towns near lifete pillaged. The fate of the missionaries remains uncertain as details are unclear due to damaged text.
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