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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1946
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR lists names such as llarsee Jorgensen Linda C Kins and Parry Cecil Seldon Puni and a score 25 21 with garbled words. No coherent event or outcome is clear.
A participant at Novies reports a serious incident during national rounds. A man was fired badly in the nat rounds, with officials investigating and bystanders noting the event's disruption to the session.
Sunday events on October 27 featured mixed youth races with Wilma Tuft winning girls, Blair Patten topping the boys, and several close finishes. Notable results include David Bimpeon winning the sprint, Coulson and Treay leading the married men, and exhibition contests with Patten and Watkins among top finishers.
H Owens defeats H Townson 30 31 in A Grade singles. Consistency Handicap saw Mc Dermott 40 off vs E Suca 40 off 151 138. Daddow 10 off vs Fairweather 30 off 131 191. R Sues 8 on vs A Biles 180 115. Coughlan 30 off vs C Anderson 140 off etc. Mixed events include B Need Mrs Perkins J Smith and others. Next round appears slated with multiple matches and forfeit rules noted.
Action from Atherton October weekend includes players Gibson Arnott Nisbet and Edmonds Errey Fitchett. Finals featured Benham vs McCarthy in President's threes with close scores. Event notes mention B grade championship, green condition, and upcoming matches on November 3.
The note mentions the Barton Club annual event and the upcoming Sunday, November 3, with emphasis on final rounds and vaulting in recent activities. It references C C. Wesa Hastie and Jon by RG. Davie in the context of the event schedule.
Mr Stanley Wootton paid seven thousand one hundred guineas at Newmarket for the three year old colt Confessor Fair Toi from Pelerise who was sent to Australia. Confewor won three races this season.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Hazel Worth and several others at a Phantom event. Mentions of race times around 14 minutes and 7 minutes, locations including Texas and Nevada, and names such as Miss Garett and Vel Nevins appear in garbled form.
In a dramatic Brisbane skiff race Phantom surged ahead just before the final buoy to win by over a minute. Sally, Mavora and Dignity followed as Nim and N.B.S. chased distant rivals in a crowded, tense contest.
Fragmented OCR shows prize allocations with numbers and names. multiple prizes listed from first to fifth, including payments of £6000 and £1000 and various participants such as Mary Puteriro and others. Unclear text blocks and inconsistent spellings remain.
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