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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
1
The Hargan's Mobile Saw Outfit offers vertical horizontal or diagonal cutting with a British built engine for power and economy. It handles logs up to 36 inches and features a gimbal ring and saddle mounting for balanced cuts, operable by one man. Contact for full particulars.
John Gorton Reg Mildenhall and Neville Alcock leave Brisbane by train on August 5 for Townsville and Normanby Gulf to shoot crocodiles in North Queensland. They travel by road with a 44 gallon drum of petrol and water, plan kangaroo skins sales, and report harsh arid terrain and limited water.
Inspector J W Towell told Dorrigo Shire Council Crofton weed at Lookout Park and near Coffs Harbour Jetty is worse than expected and the infestation likely started there. He noted extensive inspections, delisting of some previously restricted properties, and orders for cleanup under threat of action. He cited a vacant Camperdown Street allotment freed after a final notice, a vacant Hickory Street block awaiting removal, and a public trustee held Lot 4 section 8. He estimated eradication costs around 25 shillings and reported blackberry control by local landowners, plus identification of white moth plant poisonous to poultry in Coramba.
Mrs R M Gorton recalls the Pericles wrecked near Cape Leeuw in West Australia about 30 years ago. The liner struck a reef and broke up, with 40 passengers staying with Mr and Mrs Smith near Flinders Bay. Locals helped move survivors by the mill railway. Afterward wreckage washed ashore for weeks.
The Shire Council granted permission on Wednesday for five new dwellings in Coffs Harbour and two in Woolgoolga plus two at Dorrigo. Additional building permits covered garages alterations to a Grafton Street office and showroom a shed at Orlando Street and new houses for local builders including A S Baker Vincent Batho B H Vickers Gordon Street R Hannaford and C W Younger.
The Department of Road Transport advised Dorrigs Shire oil on Wednesday that an application had been lodged by C S Mackay of Frances Street Harbour for a hire use to operate from his residence Bungarribee Subdivision about one mile from Cliffs Harbour. Residents of Bungarribee Ferry were inconvenienced in obtaining a taxi when required. The Department attached a list of applicants since 1945 and recommended consideration of Mackay for a car to operate from his home. Address Council agreed the need but deferred commendation for any applicant until the September meeting.
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