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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 12, 1945
Page
2
The Cairns Hack Club hosts a meeting at Sanam Park with races including Pirge Druton starting at 1:35 and a big ring event. Admission tickets sold at the secretary’s office. bus service from Cairns departs at 1 pm and 12 pm, with another service at 3:15 pm. The next Saturday’s programme is advertised.
May 10 report notes a Hack Club seeking members for an upcoming Theta Night. Herbert Theodore connected to the event, with Mr Hope Under Secretary and Chief Seal Bearigen Bracke in attendance. Details are partial due to damaged text but indicate a planning gathering.
Fragmented OCR text shows a list of names and places with scattered phrases, indicating a crowd of people or a roll call from Albion. The content is garbled but preserves numerous named individuals and regional references, suggesting a community notice or roster from a local event or meeting.
An afternoon meeting at Balaclays Park in Cairns features four heats and a final for second division dogs and three heats for first division, with the best on the day advancing to the finals. A strong ring of bookmakers and refreshment booths are noted as crowd-pleasers.
Special Melbourne correspondent reports Oatcake, Victorian stayers standout, favored to win the Bayview Marchap at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Odds favor Oatcake over Wetterey and Cananda with other contenders like Lextra, Duntcoun, Busharine, and Night Puenee in mix. two divisions of races, with Gay Lad and Premonition noted among key entrants in second tier. Nationals anticipation heightens the jump event with Ray David of McCormick stable among favorites.
In a muddled May Handicap preview the April 28 run figures prominently with Wiseland seen as Night Rant’s main danger though The Image and Harvest also attract support. Strong contenders include High Rank 1 and High Rank 2 with various fillies and stamina stakes listed, while March meetings and longer odds loom as bettors weigh horses like Seaside Handicap and Welter entries.
A brief note from a local race meeting mentions Canes in a first division hack event with a prize of £30. The readable text is fragmented but indicates a racing program and prize money for the second division.
Notes and results from Cordontale bowling events describe teams such as Leas 1 Grin Irvin and Dawson 23 with detailed scores and rinks. The report covers an upcoming schedule for the Old Potts greens, with plans for a round robin format and a final on weekend rounds.
The record lists names such as Henderson Reed Thamar Fistful Mudge Clarke Goodall Gordon Knut Wolfendin Pekins Cains Anderson Mills Boyle Gamas and others, with scores like 40 30 30 and matchups set for Wednesday May 16 including Coutts Bowen Cairns v Collin and Clarke v Walfenden. Byes and byes results appear with 40 30 and 30 20 style scores across multiple bouts and entries.
Fine weekend weather aided bowling at Innisfail Club. Competitions saw 34 members, with two notable matches including Shaw v Farecelli and Concor v Shaw. The all day event produced balanced outcomes as eight rinks won per side while McDonald with Fraser led the most successful rink, and a trophy was contested amidst mixed results.
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Afternoon program outlines the Satron and Draper as leaders in the Great ball 148 pam event with automatic draws for starting purposes. Participants note non entrants in mixed divisions will play a similar event. Wabiaford handicap featured with prize rules and reminders to return scorecards. proceeds go to the Red Cross Week Appeal. For details call 2192.
Brisbane May 11 Tommy Meiver of North Queensland knocked out Jimmy Fraser in the sixth round at Brisbane Stadium. Harry Yoripif of Queensland was disqualified by referee Pat Hl in the first round against Billy Fletenst ein as the Southerner led before the disqualification.
The report details auxiliary petrol tanks for Allied planes, made in Britain under reverse lend-lease from recycled paper. These detachable tanks, holding 165 gallons, boosted range and were dumped after use. By mid 1944 about 137,000 had been delivered to the US Air Force, with total near 300,000 by June. Tanks were deployed across Britain and supplied from multiple factories to sustain European theatre operations.
The Cairns Charity Football Association readies a slate of games at Parra Shine with standard play expected to match last season. Rugby and Australian Rules feature, with ground work nearly complete and final touches due this afternoon at 2:30.
A discussion on carbon black as a key tire material notes its easy processing, high tensile strength, abrasion resistance, and low heat buildup. It explains its sourcing from natural gas in Texas and the push to build large plants in Russia and Iran to meet U S demand during wartime needs.
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