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Port Macquarie School of Arta to be rebuilt after fire
Inter-District Summary notes several regional misfortunes and incidents. The Port Macquarie School of Arta will be rebuilt at about £800 after a prior fire. A Comboyne sawmill burned, damage around £2900. A spinning charity sale raised £40 for the Red Cross. Widespread maize blight appears in the Clarence River district due to wet weather. A landowner insured wire netting fence at £60 per mile two years ago and now faces costs around £130 per mile to replace damaged sections. An incident at Katoomba involving a girl, a married man, and an umbrella ends in a vulgar confrontation. the girl sustains a black eye and seeks reparations. War loan bonds mentioned.
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Port Macquarie
Arta
Comboyne
Fullumbimby
Red Croga Society
Clarence River
Katoomba