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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1921
Page
8
The Caulfield Cup race fever grips Australia with bettors backing Tangalooma after prior defeats to Eurythmic and Sturythenic. Lionel Attwill and six others hold large wagers ranging from £15,000 to £55,000 as fans read racing gossip across the continent.
The article reviews Dunwil and Tangaloome as strong runners in the Caulfield Cup with trainer notes and lists picks by Lionel Attwill. It highlights limited support for Dunwil after a second to Beau Ard in the Epsom and presents the selections Purser, Tangaloome, and Lionel Attwill as top picks for the race.
Melbourne bookmakers report Purser as favorite with strong support for Violincello and Lad die Blue also drawing interest. Tanga looms in Caulfield Cup while Euryth and Tangalooma head the Melbourne Cup market. Purser and Violincello attract notable wagers as trainers claim Purser shown best track form of the decade.
A cricket row shows Casuals versus Hambledon and a departure time for players. The BurmA Philp A and B teams match was abandoned after J Wright’s death. A Grocers' Cricket Club meeting at Mr Seth's residence named Woodward patron and Williams secretary with selection committee formed and entrance fees set.
About twenty members met at the Cairns Bowling Clubhouse on Friday night with Mr A J Draper presiding. They decided that selection and handicapping for non ordinary games would be handled by three selectors after trial games, and debated a member’s levy payment with a proposed remedy rejected as stated on principle.
Handicaps released for the second race of Mr Tully's trophy at Sylvania with entries including Osprey and Wood. The note lists formats and times around 2 45 pm and mentions several race abbreviations and the expected event sequence.
Fragmentary OCR data shows names Daisy Bashan Vollant and scattered numbers 9 12 18 16 18 23 30. No coherent event or context available.
The National Rifle Association prize meeting began in Sydney on October 14. In the Commonwealth Service Match Gordon Highlanders and Englanders led with 13 points, while South Australia Tasman and Victoria each had 9. West Australia and New South Wales also competed, with a Northcote Match tie at 2 points. In the shoot-off South Australia won with 31 to West Australia at 9 points. Queensland placed third.
Rexona soap ad touts aristocrat status and claims to make skin clear fresh and beautiful while leaving hair soft silky and luxuriant. Presented as ideal for toilet nursery and bath and sold everywhere.
Public notice warns women away from shampoos citing high alkali content that dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Recommends ordinary refined coconut oil as a safe, inexpensive alternative. claims wetting hair with water and rubbing in produces rich lather and easy rinse. Hair becomes soft, glossy, and easier to style with coconut oil.
Palace Pictures presents The Iron Rider from a Frank N. Packard story directed by Stott Dunlap starring William Russell with Vola Vale. The second feature A City Sparrow stars Ethel Clayton with Millie Weat and a country romance. Supporting: a Mack Sennett comedy Travelogue and Cartoon.
Caire Pictures presents Oh Boy a film adaptation featuring George Budd in love with Low Ellen Carter. Penelope Hudd and Judge Daniel Carter oppose the couple amid prohibitionist sentiment. The plot twists as elopement occurs and a prohibition talk leads to comic misadventure before resolution. Also shown is The Love Call with Billie Rhodes as The Kid a western storyteller raised in Foster town with Mate Allen.
Gladys Walton stars in Pink Tights as a circus girl who ends up in a minister's bedroom and creates comic chaos to avert scandal. Corinne Griffith appears in The Whisper Market. Erminie North headlines in a South American romance with treachery and a mystical market spell.
H Ince hails The Midnight Patrol as the fastest most thrilling motion picture yet and a Selznick De Luxe selection to show in Australia at Sutcliffe's tonight. Prologue delivers four distinct stunts including a runaway stop abduction rescue burglar capture and river plunge. Also features the Serial and Dollars and Sense with Madge Kennedy in a premier Gordonvale program.
Digest what you eat with Dr Sheldons Digestive Tabules. Indigestion wastes your food and dieting weakens you. Eat what you need and let the Tabules convert it into nourishment. Sold everywhere.
An advertisement claims Derma clears brown skin and freckles to reveal a fair complexion. It promotes Shental face lines to erase wrinkles and a hair dye extract promising to restore natural color, listing prices and postage details.
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