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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
1
Advertises savings at the Big Store on all winter necessities. Highlights all wool blankets, ladies tweed wear, coats, skirts, and dresses priced “at our Famous Low Prices.” Men and boys sweaters, overcoats, shoes, and military style items touted as essential winter gear with emphasis on value and rapid selling. Encourages shoppers to visit the shop to buy before cold weather.
A wartime dispatch claims 100000 enemy casualties and mentions German U boats, air invasion notes, and Allied operations. Reports cite captures, rescues, and bombardments near maritime fronts with references to London communications and various military actions across Europe and seas.
A garbled diary style item from Dairyville references several names and events including Wood, Smally, and others in a scene that seems to recount a local incident or ceremony. The legible elements point to a community context with named individuals and a wartime or ceremonial setting, but specifics are not recoverable from the fragment.
An early 20th century style rally in Coffs Harbour celebrates local volunteers and supporters of war effort led by McMurtrie and Walsh. Crowds gather on a Grafton Street march with speeches, boxing displays, and friendly exhibitions to boost morale and honor returning troops.
A very large crowd gathered at a public platform in the evening to hear Abe Lares, with Me Briver and Pls Tart speaking. The programme featured boxing bouts, war reports, slides from the front, and appeals for War Comforts Fund aid for local servicemen.
A distorted OCR item describes a local deputation by butchers and mentions a seance in Leip Shr with scattered names and unclear details. The readable fragments reference a meeting, ceremonial actions, and possible community involvement but lack coherent facts.
The readable text notes a distressing or incomplete communication about a porting matter, mentioning names and dates only vaguely. It reads as a damaged OCR fragment lacking clear events or outcomes.
Andrew Busby staged a dramatic 100 foot tree ascent using a single thin board and two spring boards as peers watched in awe. The stunt, described by local witnesses, drew praise for daring balance and precision during the 230th Forestry Battalion era.
A garbled OCR snippet references British artillery at the start of a German offensive and a commander urging action. It mentions a ballast, a colonel's motor, and a wartime setting with unclear names and details, suggesting a disrupted account of logistics and frontline events.
Fragmented OCR text depicts a disputed charity effort to provide Xmas arvele for soldiers, with the Repatriation Department halting the scheme and demanding refunds to donors. It criticizes bureaucratic interference and vague references to chemicals and acts, reflecting a chaotic wartime context.
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