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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1940
Page
1
All stocks of ladies cardigans and pullovers to be sold regardless of cost. This season's ladies hats to be cleared at half price. Local shop promotes deep discounts on apparel adding urgency for shoppers to act quickly.
Fragmentary text lists dress materials and names with numerous garbled words. No coherent event or facts emerge beyond a list of items and possible names, lacking verifiable details.
All stocks of man s and boys cardigans pullovers and overcoats show huge reductions. No seconds or skimps on sizes. all first quality goods. Brand names like Lev Whhl Vile Alveni Ages Fol Muse appear among the listings.
Fragmented text appears as a garbled mix of words and names. No coherent events, persons, places, or dates are discernible to form a factual summary or identify a main action.
An excerpted bluesy poem titled Burning the Stubble appears in the Wellington newspaper, credited to a writer formerly of Coffs Harbour area. The text presents fragmented, garbled lines, with reverberant rural imagery of summer, wheat, stubble, and harvest, amid scattered name fragments and odd spellings. The piece seems published as a local verse offering, with unclear authorial attribution and evident OCR corruption.
A fragmented wartime digest names leads in defence topics, Australia and New Zealand roles, and mentions of veterans and production totals. It notes impacts on civilians, labor, and policy while referencing distinct places, individuals, dates, and wartime measures within the period.
Abiltny and Vorle Hathaby lead a spirited woodchop night with Finn opposition. ME Tappan clinches victory after a late block, while CN Nolan and Mali Ceaha reappear in the Vigie lineup. Start times and further results remain unclear.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe German bombing and Allied responses, with scattered references to RAF heavy bombers, German countermeasures, and wartime air operations. Numerous garbled names and places impede clear interpretation of events or dates.
Market wrap from Sydney reports fluctuating grain and commodity prices amid showers. Wheat and barley quoted around high teens to mid forties per bushel with quality conditions described as variable. Queensland and Phils tent buyers noted. overall sentiment cautious as imports and rainfall influence demand.
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