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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
9
Fragmented list of horses, jockeys, betting notes, and times from a racing page. Mentions multiple horse names such as Green Poplar, Mira’s Lark, Newbold Bay, Gift Gun, and Gow, with times like 1.50 and 1.164, and outcomes described as won by a length with close seconds. Details are garbled and partially unreadable.
A fragmented sports item reports on a team contest with unclear names and limited readable details. The text hints at a game or meet and mentions scoring or outcomes but lacks concrete entities or dates to confirm specifics.
The article surveys racing and equestrian topics with mentions of Dewer-ter Serees, Geant club, and horse Searr eter free che cape city. It notes Mirendy, references to New Zealand arrivals, and upcoming events. Also discussed are trainers Amos and Frank Mock, paddock memories, earnings, and the return of horses to Northern Rivers regions.
The Mareeba Turi Club advertises cancellation of the June 4 and 6 meet and a new programme with total prize money of 4M across four divisions and two heats daily. Altered race restrictions limit bracelet and cup entries to certain divisions, with nominations closing Friday May 2 despite earlier entries.
In Brisbane on May 1 a sprinter’s race produced a close finish with Cooranae and Varalba winning by a half length. Other notable runners included Larchman, Fine Sport, and High Silver. The event drew fair attendance and light afternoon winds with times around 14 seconds.
Sydney May 10 racing talk centers on Brisbane Cap meeting plans with Killarney likely to run in the Stradbroke and Morton Stakes. Myles Ja Coplen considered handicapped versus Killarney while New Zealand trainer J. Carmom to bring Goshawk and others. Possible Northbound trips for Vallage and Heerolage depend on Sydney form, with Teaker awaiting next performance.
Brisbane May 1 professional darts event featured Spalding Furse and Corry Rusnibng fifth. Brisk scoring saw Brows Gondwa leading with 74 and 73, J Cohen from Nedgee close behind with 149. Others include FL Sincksir 150 A Denholm 152 L Corry 154 M Stafford 155, T Southcombe 130, Grae A Core 1 R Keene 158, A Gemmell 161, A McArthur 161, BR Heers 162, G Ashby 142, DP Porter 162, G Mille 165, G Walter 119, A Ransell 174.
Cairns and Gordonvale battled in a senior premiership fixture at Parente Park with Cairns faster in attack and Gordonvale solid in defence. Bernie Brown stood out for Cairns at centre while J Maher shone on the Gordonvale wing. The second senior match will feature Past Brothers versus Ivashoes and Carlton against Kangaroos next Sunday.
In Sydney on May 10 Hannaberry and Thornton did not receive payment as referee Wallis cautioned Thornton for fouls. Both fighters were faulted for slowness and the end of the bout. A foul credited to Hannaberry will be investigated by a committee including two doctors and a police inspector tomorrow. A policy change requires the referee to halt unintentional blows and allow ten minutes for medical checks before deciding to resume or call a bout off.
Hobbs scored 79 for Surrey against Somerset. Langridge made a high score for Sussex versus Notts. Parker took 6 for 45 for Gloucester against Worcestershire, and Freeman claimed 6 for 23 for Kent against Leicester.
fragmentary OCR outlines a Sunday schedule with teams Ivanhoes Kangaroo Carlton and Past Brothers across divisions Minor Juniors Juniors Seniors with times like 10 am 1:30 pm and 4 pm. readable items include matches Minor Jamis Ivanhoes Kangaroo v Carlton and references to Past Brothers.
The second round continues at Norroan Park with Fastest Kangarooe v Rock gt at 2 p.m. and Eurokasy Rambers at 4 p.m. Referees are Messrs Toy and Clark for the opener and Walsh and Stevens for the latter.
May 1 report from Tully notes two days of fine weather followed by early rain in the late afternoon and some heavy showers during the evening.
In a sparsely reported event, members associated with the Wallerewang Valery group faced competition amid the Sir Foster's Red Label Sect, with unclear outcomes and limited readable names. The fragment hints at tensions between factions and possible membership tests or throws.
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