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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
4
Brisbane May 2 The racehorse Glimt Lad suffered a serious injury to a Fettocks while exercising at Ascot. Trainers report it will be a long time before he can race again as medical staff attend to the horse and assess recovery prospects.
Melbourne reports approval for formation of a spear howitzer brigade to be known as the 29rd Howiteer Brigade. The 207th and other batteries join in a mobilization at Masteynong camp Victoria. A wartime meeting at Wharf Street Church condemns strikes as unpatriotic.
A miscellany of town items mentions Rigasa Keen and Tating Bie to Hein, a chemist advertisement for De Pastille, a Wyandra visit on Saturday night, and reports of a light aircraft landing near Herne Bay. Lieutenant F J H Thayre of the Royal Flying Corps explains a bomb release jam during a mission and a safe return to London.
Brisbane report states 35 new recruits joined on Saturday, raising the total in Queensland to 3297. The figure marks ongoing enlistment activity and reflects local recruitment momentum.
Bathurst May 19. An alleged attempt at railway wrecking occurred between Sedhwalls and Biramba stations. Alfred Watson, a railway construction worker, reported finding sleepers on the line near his camp and being fired upon by an unknown man who fled. The Coonimble mail train was held while the obstruction was cleared. Watson was later arrested on a charge of placing three sleepers on the line and remanded for eight days.
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