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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1940
Page
1
Church service times for Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian groups around Coffs Harbour, plus dates for the moon phases and tides. Includes MeV Merrie and Everson references, and a brief weather-like note on sun and tides for the area.
Banana prices and fruit market quotations are discussed with fluctuating quality notes and varying costs. The report mentions growers and traders in Melbourne and Sydney, with references to cucumber and tomato prices and market conditions.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Fitzroy Hotel, near He Wii WF, mile te Cute Airboitn, and references to travel, arrivals, and departures. Unclear details and many garbled terms.
A garbled OCR fragment references help around Christmas related labor, community tasks, and civic services. It mentions organizations, individuals, and places in a broad, unnamed context, with scattered proper nouns and dates unclear due to damage. The readable bits imply a feature about charitable or civic work tied to the holiday season.
Fragmentary OCR shows Banana Growers Federation Co op Ltd with garbled locality details and numbers. No clear event or outcome is readable.
A brief note outlines activities of the Coramba subsidised doctor committee with mention of members including Kebey and Ebel and references to Athyn and Denver in a formal summary. The item reads like a local governance update on health funding and committee roles with names and places noted.
Fragmented notice listing multiple shops on North Street and Hai Street advertising flower and vegetable plants for sale. Incomplete text mentions Bri and Smith and Anderson’s Stand, nursery entries, and a public notice about a bond or account, with garbled names and dates.
Annual school event at Soffs Harbour High School features prize awards and a speech night. Details are unclear from the fragmentary text.
A public meeting notice from Shire of Qorrigo lists council topics and participants. The document mentions City or council officials, a venue, and date details, urging community attendance and input on local matters.
Property sale notice listing multiple parcels with auction by Dubie Auction at TNMs location on Saturday December 21. Names such as Ranchos Viele and Weisel ML appear among listed bidders and stakeholders. document references board involvement and payment terms, with various placeholders and garbled text indicating an OCR damaged page.
Public notice announces a furniture sale at the Mart Moonee 57 on Wednesday next December 11 at 2 pm. The fragmentary text references a wide range of items including cabinets, tables, and chairs and hints at a temporary auction or sale format.
A brief public notice announces early Christmas shopping at Michaels Street Coma Hharbait. It lists Mariaille Turner as organizer with unclear contact details and a request to act promptly for holiday gifts. The OCR text is fragmentary but centers on a seasonal sale and location.
Fragmentary OCR text references tenders and names but lacks coherent details. The readable parts mention Ham radio style strings and several personal or organizational names, but no actionable dates, amounts, locations, or clear tender scope.
Fragmented text presents numerous proper nouns Cortaba Reetvoid Coramba MacWaville Takembe and names like J Duncan Henrytat Bettotg Well and Mylo Kelly, with scattered references to elections, education, and community events, but the garbled OCR leaves many details unreadable.
The read text lists student names and remarks on performance with notes such as must improve and improved. It references awards, prizes, and classification of students across multiple grades, indicating a summary of half yearly results at Coffs High School.
A garbled OCR piece from the Old Students' Union notes disorients with names, dates, and opinions. It references meetings, editors, and various individuals including activists and academics, hinting at debates over reform and routines within the student body.
Ambiguous OCR fragment lists scattered words and names including Franklin and local place cues. No coherent event or clear entities to anchor a full news item. The readable text appears to be corrupted with stray letters and misplaced phrases, offering little factual content to summarize reliably.
A low profile incident at Wunderlich involves Mons Schonke Narm Teante Shove AL, with local authorities responding to assess the scene and determine any immediate safety actions. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and phrases without a clear event. The readable bits reference individuals and places in a murky speech or report, with no coherent narrative or date. No definite actions or outcomes are identifiable from the fragment.
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