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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
1
Shipping movements show Kurance and other vessels with schedules to Townsville Cooktown Palmer Cairns Townsville to Sydney Melbourne and Melbourne to Sydney. Vessels include A U S N steamers Rowen Macias Keppel Bay Hiushate and Matungm with arrival and departure times noted and deadlines near the 24th inst.
Steamers depart Cairns for Cairns on Wednesday and Thursday bound for Townsville and Sydney. Return voyage listed for the following week with arrivals to Bers of Bosley Whe Wollowra and a Sunday service due.
Steamers scheduled to arrive and depart across Australian ports with weekly movements. Cava Freele sails Saturday and arrives Markay Sunday. Port Alma Sunday sight, Sydney Friday. Melbourne Wednesday, Sydney Friday. Brisbane next day. Townsville following Friday. Hourilyan Townsville to Port Douglas. return same day. Townsville to September 14. operations through September 23.
The notice lists ships sailing this month and next: FEARSLEY ar co Guthrie leaves for Hongkong this month, Serdine Waees Sydney around 30 October, Brisbane via Hamburg and ports about 11 September, Taiyuan from Hong Kong via forts due about October, and Scharnhorst leaves Sydney around 10 October for Southampton.
The programme lists handicaps for three principal races at Norman Park on Saturday. Maiden Handicap includes E. May scratch and Saunders at 110 Northage 120 with D. Thomson 1238 and T. Barr 125 and M'Spadden 150. The Half-mile feature assigns W. Houston scratch and A. Franks 10 with E. May 15, T. Birch 45, J. Skeen 45, J. M'Spadden 50 and B. Condron 55.
The Sydney coxswain K Waley struggles to answer whether the Australian line is better, noting uncertainty about their time and readiness as he reflects on the crew’s prospects. The dialogue hints at doubts about performance and homeward progress.
Eighteen members competed under light northerly wind for the pennant match with teams tying at 475. A new C team of five outsiders scored 479, beating rivals by four. Richards, Dean and Carr posted 200 yards possibles. Hay, Savage and Downie each scored M. Kesles led with m points at 500 yards. Owan Geo Griffith shot 33 at Owan Geo. Next week features a handicap over 6 and 1000 yards.
A regional match pits Marloo against Cairns Team as the competition proceeds. Officials announce lineup and venue, with local spectators expected. The result remains to be decided as the teams clash on the field.
Incomplete OCR fragment references growers and cane, mentioning Bement and weather in a year, with unclear context about a company and turn-taking. No clear event, date, or entities beyond scattered terms.
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