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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
4
Sporting Brilhant reports a multi race meeting with results across divisions including Novice Handicaps and Welter. Notable horses include Dividends and Meritus with various placings and times. local bookmakers listed betting figures and notable performers like Castle and Meatherste. The report records multiple heats, distances, and outcomes highlighting a busy racing card.
Adelaide September 1 Tattersall's Civic held their meeting with two main events tied in the Tattersall's Handicap won by P Bennett aboard Want Hopwood Bey Miter Power with 11 others. The close finish was half a length, three lengths back to the second. Dividend figures and prize notes appear in the brief race summary.
Fragmentary text mentions Spring ewing Ferny, Malagn, and Golden Cobra with unclear details. No coherent event or context emerges from the readable fragments.
Races held in perfect weather with strong crowds. Red Com led early with Belem and other runners close behind. multiple handicaps completed as Warwick Farm meets wrapped up with Eric winning the Welter Handicap on Warceton and Plormating contesting close finishes.
The report describes a basin content event with names resembling Mase and Jerry Jenene at Sindh test night. It notes faces observed and a focus on Minaatehé with a reference to Hick round near the milan.
The message promotes The Store as a prime grocer for modern shoppers. It urges customers to place orders for money and health savings. The notice emphasizes timely delivery and constant readiness to fulfill requirements.
A mixed update from September reports events in Brisbane Toowoomba and Sydney with boxing missteps at the Olympic Stadium and an inquest in London over a boxing verdict. Australian bowls results show O’Leary Philips Lyons and others, while weather and cycling pace mix with motor car incidents and local sport chatter.
The first team routed in Wellington on September 1 as Australia’s Rugby Talon formation was defeated by New England by 30 points to 3.
The Northern Herald presents the Worlds News by Cable and Telegram with town and port topics. Includes sporting summaries mining and commercial intelligence and industrial information. This week features The Isis Dam Irvinebank a North Queensland Goat Team scenes on the Charters Towers Weir hospital cp football and other subjects. Order early. Published every Friday. Price 64.
A garbled OCR list appears to name many individuals and families tied to Adelaide Co. Limited, agents. The fragment mentions Septembers, Melbourne origins, overseas ports, and numerous surnames with uncertain roles or relations, lacking coherent events or actions.
The Cairns Citizens' Band officer discusses disputes over a Townsville championship reading and the awarding process. He argues the Cairns band did not win the A grade title and explains committee rulings, readings, and withdrawal of a protest after adjudications.
Listings describe freehold sugar farms for sale in Mulgrave Mill Area with 100 acres and 110 acres lots, cane and land allocations, river and railway frontage, improvements like houses and outbuildings, and crop details. Prices quoted around £1000 to £2000 with delivery after current crop.
Unimproved land in the Mills area of Tennessee listed for sale. Regional offer mentions farm property suitable for development with price terms and royalty-like payment per ton. Details are fragmented and vary in wording.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Melbourne notice touting millinery specialties by Mrs Hughes and Miss Smith at Melbourne House Cairns with ready to wear items and new shames in stock.
An old notice promotes The Exchange Hotel in Kingston perched over the Johnstone River. It boasts airy rooms, a great dining room, and a staff led by a landlady. It offers ales and wines, with traveling tables and comforts for commercial travelers.
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