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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 14, 1943
Page
6
Mr E P Nicholson of Catton Mill Road Christchurch earns fame as New Zealand's largest salvage merchant, sourcing steel and metal from shipwrecks and mining plants. He credits RUR Teel for energy and stamina, praising its laxative and liver support effects.
In the Turf section Royal is dislodged with apprentice rider R K Ashman noted. Gibbe set for 3 pm and High School No 1 comments appear. Listed Tigers include Sisley Brown Brady Chid wick Holcombe Farley Hansen Leon Rollinson Branch Pritchard Zenovi McCullock Petherbridge and Mary son.
Nominations opened for the trophy donated by Mr. W May. Weekend bowls results at Atherton include Patron pairs final 27-15, A grade singles semi final 8 Tait 22, and various social games. May 11 weekend reports list teams like Kattenberg Arbouine and Thomson Arnott, with scores around 27-15 and 37-15 in later matchups.
In the greyhound racing notes, Bret and second courses had omissions. Aussie Abo was listed as 10 yards, as was Some Abo.
Representatives of the wotjaue unite decided on a one round knock-out fixture funded by the Naval Comforts Fund with two trophies. Four teams are drawn into two sections with section winners meeting in a final, eight sets per match split evenly between singles and doubles.
Sun newspaper reports the Amee Charify Rugby League setup with inter-unit games at Norms on Sunday afternoon. Mentions junior referees McCoombe and Ross, new teams Gordonvale and Angier under consideration, trial matches at Gardenvale Rural School, and rostered players from RAAF and Navy guidinglines for Sunday play. outcome of Gordonvale trial watched for championship eligibility.
An odd ad style note touts Heenzo as making one pint of a remedy for chest nose and throat ailments. It claims the product saves money and is safe for home use by adding Heenzo to water for a quick remedy.
A damaged OCR fragment lists several juniors and names such as Jemen Barr Hawkee Chant Cole Seng Tayren, with no clear context or events. The readable portion provides only scattered names and partial identifiers.
The Nestors crew, after a meeting of the ship’s canteen committee, raised funds to aid a five year old war orphan whose parents were killed by German bombs. They planned weekly payments and handed over about £5OO, with the mayor of Govan confirming the money would support the Scottish girl. The effort followed the ship’s sinking last year in the Mediterranean.
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