This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
2
The schedule lists services at Dee Saint John and St Aidan's with morning and evening masses and note of different denominations. Catholic rites at Coffs Harbour Jetty and nearby parishes include dawn and evening masses with several Sunday morning times. Very Rev. Father Ryan leads these services.
A schedule of Christmas season church services lists Methodist events at Nana Glen Bucca Central Bucca Coffs Harbour and sawtell locations with Rev J W Spencer and Mr W Jacobs. Presbyterian events include Sunday School Anniversary and services at Karangi Sawtell and Coffs Harbour led by Rev H M Coutts BA.
The article lists each Moon phase in December including Full Moon on the 9th Last Quarter on the 15th New Moon on the 23rd and First Quarter on the 31st. It presents a concise lunar calendar for the month with dates and phase names.
The Mombah second visit to Coffs Harbour for timber was cancelled by the Australian Shipping Board citing insufficient timber locally. Waterside Workers Federation officials Jock Galbraith and H. Coyle traveled to Sydney to seek remedy, noting four mills can supply 150 000 super feet and insurance concerns about timber in transit. Galbraith and Coyle aim to rally local bodies and union support for continued shipping to benefit workers and the port.
Sydney wire reports show tomatoes priced from 14s to 168 for choice colored and 12% to 143 for choice green, with mediums and specials noted. Peas and beans fetch 8s to 108 and 1s to 6s respectively, carrots 2f to 28s per ewt, and sweet potatoes listed as Ws to dis ewt with Swedes 255 to 10s ew.
People are urged to support the Christmas Carnival by donating articles for stalls and bottles for preserves, by lending a tent or spare bed, and by offering to help for one night. Local residents are asked to leave items with Mrs. E K and A Lewis and to back business people who back the event.
Despite Sunday’s storm and no play, Coffs Harbour Bowls Club gathered at the clubhouse to bid farewell to Mr. George Carey before his night departure for Singleton. Secretary M Eyles and Vice-President Peter Gleeson spoke, gifting Carey a pair of bowling shoes.
The district welcomes Mr and Mrs G H Hetherington and Mr and Mrs Don Beatson with Mrs Beatson's son John. Recent rains improved the district and will aid corn crops. A heavy storm with severe lightning swept over the area on Sunday afternoon.
In loving memory of my dear wife and mother who passed away on 1 December 1944. Inserted by her loving husband and daughter Alma.
A brief public notice from Coramba records a council session held on November 27, 1946 in the Chambers. The item notes local governance matters and upcoming decisions for residents and property interests in the town.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.