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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
4
The Derby prize money exceeds other British Empire classics with record stakes at stake in Australia. Report highlights key horses, riders, and owners, plus results from pool matches and the week’s racing events.
The report lists several matches with scores: Bickmore and Knowles over Thomson and F Bennett 43 to 33, Norbury Hoare and Wilson over Svendsen Louis and Boland 23 to 13, and Philips Hoare over Garton and O Leary 99 to 19.
The article warns whooping cough is more deadly than commonly believed and notes deaths occur even with treatment. It touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a proper relief that loosens the cough and strengthens the chest, claiming wide use in epidemics by skeptics and merchants.
Stephen Graham’s Through Russian Central Asia surveys the peasantry and traders across Bokhara Samarkand and Tashkent, noting carpets mosques and storks nests. The author blends travel lore with history and argues wider allied interest between Britain and Russia.
(Charleville notes) The Murweh Shire Council passed a resolution declaring solidarity with sugar growers troubled by the Dickinson award and promising support for any action to secure a satisfactory change. The sugar famine grips the back country as government efforts face vexations while livestock values plunge with bullocks to 12 pounds per head and fat cattle, fat cows, and fat wethers all listed at depressed prices.
A disordered stomach causes sick headache and dull appetite. A dose of Chamberlains Tablets at the first sign may ward off an attack and cleanse the stomach. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
Barrington and W Danaher members of pattersall clubs prepare entries for major Melbourne races including the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup with September and October trial runs. Price lists and charts available. reply paid wires and official newspaper references listed for Queensland New South Wales and Victoria.
Cairns Theatre closes tonight after a mixed bill headed by The Chit Teen with the Ho and a Vanderbilt Cup feature. Keystones stars with Charles Murray offer comedy before Charlie Chaplin's Mutual Chapin reappears tomorrow.
A modern Camille storyline stars Mise Clara Kimball Your and Armand in a tale of passion and class conflict. The program adds a live shooting act by Capt Greenhalch Co featuring Little Edie and a field and trenches set costing over £200.
A Labour loyalist urges conscription as essential to defend Australia and preserve its heritage. He cites Labour leaders Watson Bamford and Givens supporting conscription, condemns German warfare myths, and challenges critics to prove how citizens have opposed this act over the years. He urges politicians to serve and contribute to national victory.
A detailed lease offer for 160 acres of alluvial sugar land near Mulgrave Road. Terms include 1 year major option, annual payments with interest, royalty on sugar yield, water and fencing provided, and improvements such as a 4-room cordage building and poultry facilities. Production notes mention ratoons and plant cane timelines with specified yields.
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