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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

May 26, 1917

Page

4

Nominations For Mulgrave Turf Club Birthday Meeting

Nominations received for the Mulgrave Turf Club event at Gordonvale on June 4 include Triak Phantor Royal Abundance Hopli Lady Wrotham Phillips town Xavier Lady Short Desport Sylvano Marvati Subsidy Breezalad Rhymertic Hoplite Marasini Brideshoy Royal Actor First Demas King s Birthday Handicap Van Beme Bedil Half Deck Sylvano Marasini Mad Jack Hadeshoy Royal Actor First Demas Shorts Eyhor My Fleece Sylvano Parvat Breezalad Rhymertic Desport Vropestick Wind Up Royal Abundance Phillipstown Favier Vallance Desport Gaitness and Scurry Handicap nominations open until 4 o clock Saturday. Gas Flying Division includes Bedil Half Deck My Fleece.

Mulgrave Turf Club Gordonvale Mad Jack Hadeshoy Royal Actor Demas Eyhor My Fleece Sylvano Parvat Breezalad Rhymertic Desport Vropestick Royal Abundance Phillipstown Favier Vallance Gaitness Bedil

Rifle Club hosts first Cairns trophy shoot

The Cairns Rifle Club held the first match in the trophy series with four members absent and practice gap affecting extreme range scores. H Stock led with 79 from the gun tied with Currie and the handicap 99, while others like Harms and Cafferty posted solid scores amid gusty conditions. Next Sunday’s shoot covers 100, 200 and 300 yards for G Williams cash store trophy.

Cairns Egsre Cranch Gordon Spence Street H. Stock Curry G. Williams Boo Goo Rooo F. Currie W. Harms Capt. Lyons Cafferty D. Dean

Rexona Becomes The Rapid Healer For Workers

The advertisement touts Rexona as the beat remedy for bruises cuts and everyday hurts. It targets workers around tram sheds workshops and wharves claiming rapid relief and says a small pot leads to a larger four times bigger bottle for 3s.

Emergency Award Grants Urgent Wheat Stack Repairs

In Sydney on May 23 Judge Heyden issued an emergency award to cover repairs of wheat stacks damaged by a mouse plague. The Industrial Court, at the Labor Minister's urging, set wages at 12 a day for two months for casuals and a higher rate for stacking work, emphasizing the national need to re stack quickly and avoid further disruption.

Sydney Justice Heyden Industrial Court Minister For Labor G. W. Walder Caceas Magee Ceean Se i Otk Ballarat

Mount Lyell Strike Drama at Hobart and Germiston

A mixed report on the Mount Lyell strike shows notices calling employees to work at the reduction works while a special general meeting is convened at Germiston to respond to correspondence from Directors about Melbourne talks. The vice president’s authority is disputed and underground workers threaten to resume only if the arbitration decision aligns with prior hours.

Hobart Queenstown Melbourne Skillern Germinston Ber Jas Arbitration Court Justice Powers

Pain Balm Promises Quicker Healing Time

A claim that Chamberlain's Pain Balm cuts healing time for cuts and bruises by about one third is noted, describing faster recovery than standard treatment. The fragment suggests the balm offers quicker relief, with no additional verifiable details present.

The Vital Question at Cairne Theatre Tonight

A dramatic tale of love and politics unfolds at the Cairne Theatre with Virginia Pearson in a leading role. Beatrice faces heartbreak as Adrian Scarsdale declines to save her father for political reasons, while a web of blackmail and theft entangles Richard, Worden, and the district attorney. A melee ends Worden’s death and brings Scarsdale and Beatrice back together as a Keystone comedy follows.

Amdilissiparman Cairne Theatre Virginia Pearson King Beatrice Hells Richard No Beatrice Peter Worden Richard Richard Besse Worden Semare Bhar Teats Bromerson Scarsdale The

Austral Pictures Presents Peg o' the Ring Fourth Episode

The Austral screens a fresh programme led by the fourth episode of Peg o' the Ring a sensational circus tale with Peg overcoming crooks and danger in the ring. A five part Red Feather feature A Youth of Fortune also plays with prominent actors and actresses.

Austral Sonete Galets Circus Mongrels Peg den of Lions Flip la Belle Hugo

River of Metro and Pirates of Finance At Palace Reel

The Belair Journal and a big programme headline a night of comedy and drama with matinee for children showing Peg a Ring episode four. Palace screens The River of Metro with Rosalind and Kellogg in a thriller plot and the fifteenth episode of Greed titled The Pirates of Finance. Palace pricing remains 6d to 1s with a matinee 6d for adults and 3d for children.

Belair Journal Adstral Plese Metro E. J. Rath Chalmers New York Witherbees Thousand Islands Sam Rosalind Davidson Island Kellogg Mammouth Palace

A Daughter of the Gods in Cairns Pictures

The William Fox production A Daughter of the Gods starring Annette Rector is advertised as a coming attraction at Cairns Pictures. Reportedly Fox had elaborate sets built, razing plains and diverting a river to create a dramatic scene with gnomes governing. British officials viewed the engineering feat as portentous.

William Fox Annette Rector Cairns Pictures Amineiwid Kingston Jamaica Fox United States Tropics Gnomeland

Most Perfect Woman in the World Captive in Fantasy Scene

The article previews a screen fantasy featuring a mythical kingdom of dwarfs with whimsical government and daily life scenes. It notes a town engagement will end on the original date due to contracts with other cities and rising demand, with box plan at Whittick's and prices 1/9 1/3 and 2d. It also mentions a weekly news feature in book form titled Northern Herald.

Whittick's

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