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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
1
In a bustling catalog-like ad Perry's Big Store urges readers to purchase all winter requirements now. The copy touts wool blankets warm tweed costumes and coats and a wide range of men boys and ladies clothing with low prices and steady stock. It touts boots shoes and military style outerwear and emphasizes no advance in price with quick ready service.
A local meeting at the Fitzroy Hotel discusses the March to Freedom fundraiser and the Winding-up Coffs Comfort Fund. Attendees include Mr HM Henderson chairing in Walsh’s absence, with reports on subscriptions collections, stage arrangements, and planned religious meetings and a picture show to boost attendance.
A garbled report from Sydony discusses bacon prices and compares with other states. The text mentions fixed price points and public concerns but is largely unreadable, with many broken phrases and missing details.
Obituary notice for J. J. Worland, a soldier of the Way Light Hallway company, who died Oct 29 after wounding at the field. Report honors his gallantry, notes he was awarded a Silver Moulgl. sympathy and condolences flow from comrades and family.
A damning letter column laments Jetty Road decay and fails in infrastructure funding. Residents urge Council action, calling for better local governance, urgent road improvements, and a public indignation meeting.
The dispatches describe Ottoman and Russian prisoners, Allied moves, and German operations across Poland and Russia. Reports reference Soviet and Red Army actions, the Volga region, and the push toward Moscow. Paris paper accounts note German advances and French forces seeking peace avenues via General Mangin.
A reader letter discusses public opinion on prohibition during and after wartime. It weighs temporary wartime bans against long term maintainment and contemplates effects on society and the economy, with arguments for and against continued restrictions.
The Rev. FW Hart will give an illustrated lantern lecture at 7 30 tonight on his English slums workhouses and prison experiences. He has long served in church work and will show images of how the poor in great cities live and suffer with a silver collection at the door.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Presbyterians and a secretary in a state, with scattered names and partial phrases. The reading is garbled and does not present a clear event, date, or location to summarize into a coherent news item.
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