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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
9
A committees meeting at the ag tooe noted nominations arriving in numbers except the Fourth Division Handicap which will be withdrawn and a Consolation Race substituted. A rule requires horses to run without shoes though tips or plates may be worn as track conditions improve for an enjoyable afternoon.
Postponed Johnstone Turf Club event to be held on a fixed date with divisions and handicaps. Brisbane May 8 report lists acceptances for Albion Park races across four divisions with multiple named horses and handicappers. Additional notes cover Brisbane Cup prospects and sailing spectators preparing for a large turnout.
Today's Canterbury Park card featured a highweight division sprint with Abent Tingle and Bathos among top performers. The meeting closed with several notable lineups and a final meal outcome showing Henefix and Tarana securing early placings amid cueing of horses and bets popular with local bettors.
Aquatic season finale features the 14 ft Skiff Club Championship racing for the Club Champion trophy donated by Sam Favell Esq. The Barron-Plum Tree course hosts a likely close contest between crews including Byron and W. Prichard in a key duel.
Curtis Pictures presents The Steadfast Heart a Selanick melodrama about a waif forced into murder and a town torn by fear and love. Catch Try and Get Le a lively Bryant Washbure and Bellie Dove comedy drama. Opening night Monday at 8 with full orchestra. box plan at Owen Whielack's.
At the Palace Theatre tonight Paramount presents The Man Who Fights Alone starring William Farnum with Lois Wilson and supporting cast. The western epic follows a civil engineer guiding empire builders into the great frontier with a love subplot and themes of sacrifice. Also showing is Twi fieht Trail and Ride em Cowboys along with an interlaced news reel and Australian Gazette.
The Bob Bros Circus and Zoo announces a three night run with elephants wild animals and an open air concert at Habinda and Gordonvale following Cairns leg. Management promises high talent from around the world and seats for 2500 patrons at a central location. May date listed as touring season opens with entertainment for all ages.
An old advertisement urges readers with catarrhal deafness or head noises to buy Boeri Kalevi strength and mix with water and sugar, then take a tube four times daily for relief. It claims quick relief and notes the remedy is easy to prepare, inexpensive, and pleasant to take.
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