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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
2
A narrator recalls arriving at a dilapidated inn near a bridge, meeting a pig, entering a grim kitchen, and enduring an unlicensed lodging with dust, grime, and unfit food and beds. The experience haunts the writer and inspires a imagined Hell as a model of such places.
A. Mayall of Taukau New Zealand reports sudden illness described as influenza with breathless weakness. Local healers Green and Colebrook advised, and within a week recovery began with strength returning to work pushing sales of a medicinal bottle.
An excerpt discusses how resting with feet elevated reduces heart strain and aids circulation. It compares reclining postures to sitting upright, noting that elevation lowers abdominal blood pooling and eases breathing, recommending rest that mirrors a lying position for better heart relief.
Royal assent secured for the Peders Navigation Bill, a key measure passed in the Commonwealth. The act represents a major step in maritime policy and regulatory framework for navigation and trade.
An exhausted woman recalls years of bronchitis and failed medicines before trying a new tonic. She credits Chain terlain's Cousi Resende with easing a lingering cough and improving health, noting rapid relief after use.
Schedule notes distant coastal steamers serving Sydney and Byron Bay with departures from Coffs Harbour. The steamer leaves Saturdays at 7 p.m. and provides cargo and passenger service to Sydney, Newcastle, and intermediate ports, with arrivals expected Monday daylight. The service is described as electric fitted for passenger and cargo carriage and includes a Wednesday and Saturday sailing pattern.
Reported incidents include sailors in a court martial at Coistradt dropping a sitrol and injuring eyes with corrosive red. St Petersburg workers feigning eye injuries for insurance, an impudent theft at Orange, and a delapidated man swapping clothing and stealing rail fare to Warren.
Fragmentary text discusses Chamberlain's Couch Remedy and other medical mentions. It references a trawler named Sera and a figure Mr Me A Eo Fry, with garbled phrases about fever and coughing remedies and public illness notes.
The Sydney Morning Herald touted a ten year rise in wages as proof of higher living costs. Critics note that adjusting for cost of living and unemployment shows only modest gains and a fall in real purchasing power. They cite 1903 to present declines and warn against one sided wage reporting.
A damaged ad fragment touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism and neuralgia relief. The disjointed text mentions quantities and locations but lacks full details.
The Zion City organ in Tinos is described as larger than Salt Lake City’s, featuring three distinct organs controlled from one console. An echo organ near the choir gallery can play independently or with the main keyboard, while a pray room unit repeats melodies to mimic a singer. The main console offers four manuals, seventy stops, fifty two couplers, and extensive pedal and stop features, with about 1,500 more pipes than the Salt Lake instrument.
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