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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 26, 1945
Page
2
A garbled OCR style fragment lists terms like back aches kidney care and relief products. It reads as disjointed phrases about health symptoms and unnamed remedies, with scattered brand words and broken sentences, lacking a clear article structure or verifiable facts.
A fragmented OCR segment describes a horse racing meeting in Brisbane with references to riders, heats, and race specifics. It mentions the Hesperian Hack organization, program details, and race divisions, including rider lineups and race names such as Victory and Handicaps. Names and places are garbled but indicate a multi-race program scheduled for Monday with dates around May 25.
A historical Brisbane program lists numerous horses and participants with owners and riders, including Belacoe Wattle Boy and Weick Achaion E Fordyce War, plus many others across divisions. The page records names like Lang, O'Mananes, Burren Gay Rost, Williams, Lawrence, Powell, and more, with show entries and placements noted in multiple divisions.
An OCR fragment reports a horse racing program with a two year old handicap event on a Sunday at Albion. The garbled text references a Sky Freight lines and unidentified participants or results.
Australian racing scene at Albion Park features Sweet Romance as a strong chance in the purse. The mare, trained for a likely 83 weight, will ride apprentice Ke Robinson. Market talk centers on Glittering Star and Putocrat as rivals with measured bets on Austral and Blazing War in a crowded field.
Sydney on May 25 features Canterbury riders with Prometheus Alderman Sir Alec and other contenders. Notable horses include Heat Gone Bay Lord Neith Eero Abdoe Prince Pomrard and Vaucluse in the Malden Stakes. Two-year-old prospects include Winshoe Hus and St Quem\\'in, with Freckles and Wilton in the First Division and Weller in the Second.
A fragmented golf page recalls a sequence of events at Parana with mentions of players and committee meetings. The report notes an injury, wine, and implied misconduct around a divot filled course, and the peri-odic tension of the match.
A chaotic match report shows Atherton Bowls with W McKeown and J Natonton defeating J Whittaker and W Whittaker. Special rink withdrawals were planned to raise play standards as late efforts fell short, leaving the final score near ten points apart. Multiple players such as Cornish Tahaan Bele Avtoulg, Keown George Whitt Meintoah and others featured in a long list of competitors across singles and social events.
Football fans will attend events at Parramatta Park marking three service trams with matches featuring Ackacle Workstops Weree and Locals. Early games include Akpacks Workshows, Gordonvale hosts three good matches, Gore Honvile’s public enjoys several strong showings. The junior competition promises a fast clean display, while the Boys Band performs and a drinks stall operates at the back of the grandstand.
First-visse nimgramme of neti saci describes a greyhound meet at Balaclava Park with a strong field of boxmaters. Races list various dog pairings and course names amid a note on weather and refreshments. emphasis on premises standards and attendance.
Brisbane May 25 A seventeen year old boxer named Mike Hill challenged for the state byweight title. He knocked out the reigning holder Frank Appo in the final round at Brisbane Stadium. Appo delivered a fierce response, but Hill's sharp left hook stopped the match and crowned the new champion.
A brown gelding and bay pony are impounded and scheduled for sale on Monday at 12 noon at the Cairns City Council Pound Yard, McLeod Street, to defray expenses. Names and dates indicate July 7 time and place, with Evansvale Sid Malanda noted. Auctioneer JF Evans of Evansvale, Malanda, will conduct the sale.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Greer and Watt Woods with unclear phrases about a poor man and tar mats. No definite event, date, or identifiable entities beyond Greer and Watt Woods can be confirmed from the readable text.
Minutes reveal Mareeba Shire Council considering funding for a new road grader and dozer by borrowing up to 8000, planning concrete footpaths along resident frontages, and approving patching and re sheet ing of bitumen streets. Main Roads Commission urged early work on Walsh River causeway and Byrnes Street relaying costs.
May 22 report from Atherton Butter Month describes production totals with 61 tons butter and 202,238 gallons milk, plus plans for ammonia compressors, new tanks from the Commonwealth Disposal Commission, a stabilised price change, and government subsidies. Local authorities discuss road, hospital, forestry, and water issues, with attention to meeting June 2 and possible road improvements.
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