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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 14, 1930
Page
9
A garbled listing from a vintage sale advertises reduced prices on coats shirts trousers and jackets. Items include suits shirts and vests with sale prices noted beside usual amounts. Customers are urged to shop early for discounted menswear and accessories from multiple departments.
Bargains on men’s shoes include Setle Killers ROOTS and Tan bali Gaford SILGES with sale prices listed. Various styles feature leather uppers, welted soles, patent finishes, and pointed toes, advertised in a bustling discount flyer tone.
Readable sale catalog items list various ladies shoes and hose with sale prices. Includes bar shoes in beige fawn white and black, sports wedges, satin hose, silk hose, and knee highs in multiple colors. Prices shown range from 4/1 to 25 including several 2/11 and 6/6 sale marks.
Heady Mel Doune leads the Innisfail Turf Club in early October events as racing fans anticipate a busy program at the track with horses and patrons gathering for the day’s meetings and features.
Brisbane Tattersall's weights published for Saturday's Tattersall's meeting with acceptances for Wednesday including EMO HURDLE over 2 miles 68 yards at 1.30 pm. Names mentioned include Scentum and Wible among others with weights listed as 90 and 103 for various entrants.
Melbourne and Brisbane race weights list for upcoming meetings. Includes third day steeple weights at Caulfield for the Nest-C meeting and Queensland Cup and Brisbane Handicap weights with horse names, weights, and entries such as Lawrel Crown Mingels and Maroon Gun. Details are scattered across regions and rulers.
Sydney October report notes Traiory HL Lorrigan to New Zealand with Concentrate Gesture Cimabue King Musket while Veilmond Killarney Carry On Hamedale sail for Melbourne. Others like Phar Lap head toward Albury and Methoorme. Amoumis warting sn and Bessemer’s mile at Caulfield are featured amid spring racing talk.
Woodward and Calder accuse CM Fisher of home theft involving furniture at 21 Smith Street on Wednesday October 15 at 2:15 pm. The claim lists household items and seeks legal action.
Sydney October 12 Kotwonarox and Abe Colewart fought eight rounds with one fall each. The bout drew interest as Cole the Greek led the action until late rounds with Colewart pressing the pace.
A brief note records Tully involved in a side wager during a might contest. The fragment hints at betting context but provides no outcome or participants beyond Tully’s name and the wager.
The Fishery Creek Entertainment Club unveils a sports programme with 48 first prize events and 17 other contests at Massow's Pass Dock on Saturday November 1 at 1 sharp. A dance will follow at night. Nominations close with secretary Mr J G Lander junior.
Report contains jumbled figures and names such as Lindrom 24883, Newman's scores, Davin Wheurs 24.863, and McCona Zest 243. The passage appears to be a corrupted score sheet or lottery-like ledger with inconsistent breaks and unclear context for teams, averages, and match results.
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