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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
3
Local agent Frank Kane promotes terrazzo work services in Coffs Harbour offered by P Healey. He highlights a range of colours and classes and invites inquiries.
Sydney journalist Rex Boyd rates Sawtell the finest seaside spot he has seen praising its surfing beach and creekside scenery while noting need for better roads guest houses and a modern hotel. He warns against disfiguring structures like a tall electric light platform and suggests affordable weekly tickets for workers from nearby Coffs Harbour.
Miss Gladys Jones aged 32 died at her parents' Sawtell home on Christmas Eve after a years long illness. She was a nurse at a Kempsey maternity hospital prior to moving to Sawtell. Survived by brothers Thomas George and Harry Jones, sister Joyce, another sister Mrs M Cochrane of Korora, and four Sydney sisters. Funeral held at Church of England section of Coffs Harbour Cemetery with Rev. H. E. Hunt conducting.
The Registrar of Technical Classes for Coffs Harbour Mr H W Turner announces three new classes after the current vacation term. Fitting and Machining Carpentry and Joinery Stage II and Homecraft Woodwork join existing Dressmaking Shorthand and Typing courses. Turner stresses strong student turnout to support early plans for a Technical School in Coffs Harbour.
A long OCR list presents rainfall totals and year range data from 1917 through 1949 with extensive numeric entries including monthly figures and large totals, ending in multiple high values. The fragmentary text reads like a table of rainfall measurements and codes, showing year by year totals and occasional annotations.
A large number of applicants enrolled for classes and Mr Turner offered to provide details to prospective students. During the Christmas and New Year holidays, the District Ambulance attended 320 cases at Bonville Reserve and Fawtell. An officer was stationed there throughout. Most incidents were minor and the local and visiting community praised the ambulance service.
Mrs M J O Neill visits relatives in Sydney. Mr Ron Blythe of Sydney holidays in the district guest of Mr LB C Blythe. Mr Bill Blythe also guest of Mr BR C Blythe. Mr and Mrs J Burrows and family stay with Mr and Mrs Frank Retallick. Sawtell holidays for Mr and Mrs Geo Kelly and Pamela. Mr and Mrs Hob Gralton Model Farm Parramatta holidaying with Geo Kelly at Sawtell. Mr and Mrs E Walter and son Trevor holiday with Mr F S Walter at Crane Grove. N Cottell returned to Sydney after holidays with Gordon Anderson. John Simpson Barraba spent a month as guest of R L Watkin. just completed first year at Sydney University studying Agriculture. Mrs Ro Buckler holidays with her parents at Johns River. Mr Roe Pucklon visiting Adney Fue Noel bookes are Wedet tent gt Sawtell. They are HCO amied bse Afr and Mrs FL Wihams.
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