Friday, November 6, 2015

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  • Cairns guilty of 'not keeping trousers up' - 9news

    Cairns guilty of 'not keeping trousers up' - 9news
    Chris Cairns's co-defendant in his London trial has told the court the former New Zealand cricketer was guilty only of "not keeping his trousers zipped up".Andrew Fitch-Holland, 50, began giving evidence in his own defence at the Southwark Crown Court trial on Friday after Cairns's lawyers formally closed their case.Fitch-Holland, a British barrister, faces a joint charge with Cairns of perverting the course of justice for allegedly trying to get former Black Cap Lou Vincent to provide a false statement for a 2012 libel case. Another former New Zealand cricketer, Chris Harris, previously gave evidence about an occasion at an exhibition cricket match in 2010 when Fitch-Holland came u..
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  • Illawarra Hawks centre AJ Ogilvy stands tall in NBL win over Cairns Taipans

    Illawarra Hawks centre AJ Ogilvy stands tall in NBL win over Cairns Taipans
    Illawarra Hawks centre AJ Ogilvy stands tall in NBL win over Cairns TaipansVideo will begin in5seconds.Wildcats captain Damian Martin breaks jaw in Townsville clashWildcats captain Damian Martin has gone to hospital after an elbow to the face from Townsville Brian Conklin.PT0M25S620349An astounding 40-point third quarter helped the Illawarra Hawks to a 96-88 home victory over Cairns Taipans on Friday night.Illawarra simply couldn't miss after the break, quickly turning a six point half time deficit into a 19 point third quarter time lead.Let's tak a seat: Hawks skipper Oscar Forman pounces on a loose ball against Cairns in Wollongong.Photo: Robert PeetThey outscored Cairns 40-15 in third and..
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  • Statue of famous Saskatoon soldier Hugh Cairns restored - Saskatoon - CBC News

    Statue of famous Saskatoon soldier Hugh Cairns restored - Saskatoon - CBC News
    While talk of public art in Saskatoon sometimes devolves into a debate over meaning and value, the oldest piece in the city's collection is a no-nonsense statue honouring a brave soldier.The Sergeant Hugh Cairns statue has stood on guard on the south edge of Kinsmen Park since 1921.According to a news release from the city, "the marble sculpture required professional cleaning and repainting of its granite base."That work is now complete.Hugh Cairns was killed in action in France on Nov. 2, 1918.  On Nov. 1, 1919, he was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery. He was also awarded France's highest honour, the Legion of Honour.While Cairns is known as a soldier, he was also an ..
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  • Paradise lost reclaims its day in the sun

    Paradise lost reclaims its day in the sun
    “You can feel it starting to buzz, not just in Cairns, or Mission Beach (the closest town to Bedarra), but in the whole of north Queensland,” he told The Weekend ...
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  • King Al and his merry men face stern Sixers

    Having blown a chance to beat Cairns at home last week, then bungled an opportunity to upset the reigning champion NZ Breakers in Auckland, Joey Wright's ...
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  • Witnesses waited for death of drug thug

    Witnesses waited for death of drug thug
    A Cairns judge overturned the committal order, and the matter went back to the state's Director of Public Prosecutions for a review of all of the evidence.
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  • Charlie takes charge

    Charlie takes charge
    Dixon already out of the blocks at PortNathan SchmookNovember 7, 2015 11:26 AMCharlie Dixon is all smiles as he prepares for his first pre-season with the Power. Picture: Port AdelaidePORT Adelaide recruit Charlie Dixon has made an early start to pre-season training with his new club, working with high performance manager Darren Burgess to overcome his troublesome ankle injuries.Dixon, who was due to start with the Power on November 23, has already checked in at Alberton and been given a program by Burgess to strengthen the muscle around his ankles, which have restricted him to 43 games across the past three seasons.It's a program he hopes can be the springboard to his first full season sinc..
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  • Mr Iwasaki calls for business support

    Mr Iwasaki calls for business support
    IT WAS a promising sign for the Capricorn Coast as Yoshitaro Iwasaki sat at Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's table at the Northern Queensland Economic Summit in Cairns earlier this week.Mr Iwasaki, owner of the Capricorn Resort, was one of the key presenters at the summit where he discussed his ties to the Capricorn Coast establishment and his interest in finding a business partner for the proposed $600 million master-plan redevelopment.Livingstone Mayor Bill Ludwig said Mr Iwasaki's presentation showed that Mr Iwasaki and the Iwasaki Sangyo Company had a lot of pride in what they had created in Central Queensland."Mr Iwasaki's family was one of the first major Japanese tourist developers in ..
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  • Never on a Sunday, minister

    The lunacy would fill a Yes Minister or Utopia satire. But sadly for the 20 per cent of 15 to 24-year-olds out of work in Cairns, Townsville, the Hunter Valley and ...
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  • Clamp on private college loan costs

    Clamp on private college loan costs
    The McLeod Training Organisation in Cairns charges $34,000 for a diploma of forest and forest products, which involves between four and nine days of ...
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