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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1912
Page
1
An altered notice mentions William Wood and references a harbor scene with smelting and carts. The fragmentary text hints at a wartime or trade context with schedules or prompts about a pail walkie and a faint time marker. The overall piece reads as an oblique historical item centered on Wood and harbor activity.
Unclear text describes a disturbance at a bacon factory near Dorrigo involving suspected saboteurs and a planned legal action. References to a secret license at Cole Harbor and alleged preparations for punitive measures are noted, with questions about future steps within six months.
The readable portions show scattered sports and score fragments, names, and odds from a local page. Mentions include Hardy and Griffin with small point totals, and various player references. the overall item appears to be a damaged pasteboard of scores and results with limited coherent context.
A sprawling OCR fragment reports on community updates including factory orders, school additions, a new typewriter in public school, arts performances, upcoming exhibitions, and local civic concerns. It mentions a hospital project, theater events, postal changes, and governing measures with scattered place names and dates.
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century dispatch mentions travel plans from Coffs Harbour to Queensland, local council figures, timber and land deals, and a roadside accident with a drunken driver. Names and dates are partially legible, with scattered references to ministers, companies, and property figures.
A practical agricultural exhibition at Mr T Bhorwuns farm near Glen on Friday last showcased stump and tree processing methods. Attendees observed logging and felling tasks, with demonstrations of quick wood removal and general farming actions amid a mixed weather day.
Incomplete OCR text mentions a Thursday event, a forthcoming schedule, and references to a school or hall. Readable fragments indicate planned activities, with no clear names, dates, or locations available to identify a definite item.
Tenders are opened for the Bellinger River bridge project at Macksville and Cofts Tinrdor West Gem. Contractors listed include J RL, Cacy Kidy Collins, W Conk, I Gilbert, F Gabert and others with various contract amounts and items for road works and related structures.
Fragmentary text appears from a regional page with garbled place names and names. No coherent event or outcome is readable to summarize. preserves scattered proper nouns without a clear action.
Fragmented text describes government plans to alter the length of a railway line from Macksville to Repton and Cap Harbor. It mentions contracts, possible lettings, and postponement of work, with reference to a survey and potential proceeding with a broader project on the North Coast Telly.
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