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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1940
Page
1
Church notices list service times and locations for Church of England Catholic Church Methodist and Presbyterian congregations. Entries name towns parishes ministers and start times in January with specific street or area references.
Local newspaper notes a New Year edition with sparse readable content. No clear events or names are discernible from the provided fragment to summarize a full item.
The passage describes a violent storm near Moleton causing extensive damage to property. Eyewitness Richard A. Walines reports sudden high winds, falling debris, and ruin in about an hour. Initial reports mention damaged windows, hail, and structural impacts with lingering danger and power disruptions.
Amid unclear text a brief note touches on banana prices and market indications. It references supply, demand, and quality concerns without clear figures or date. The fragment hints at consumer interest and possible price directions in the produce market.
Fragmentary OCR reading mentions a school illustration project and a named place with incomplete phrases. The readable items include references to Dowden, Unga, Tayeeuhae Co, and a post blog line with numbers, but no clear event outcome.
The readable text shows jumbled characters and stray phrases about places and people, with no clear events. It suggests a damaged OCR passage from a local newspaper page containing scattered names and terms rather than a cohesive story.
A damaged text fragment mentions multiple names and places with unclear connections. It references Tycho Wek JoTL and Iain Narhin alongside various garbled terms and a home or Tauabesnd taity context. The readable content is too fragmentary to determine a cohesive event or outcome.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a midwife Gulliver and a public school matter near Ave hojidoye and Laurieton. mentions patients Mia McLeod Bonville health reports and Max Williams of Conte Harbour. Also references local figures, hospitals, and a stray Sydney holiday incident. overall health and community notices with many garbled names.
Fragmentary entry describes a club event at Sie GER 10 with mention of physical activity and a popular fare. Details are unclear but suggest a community notice or social gathering with unspecified date and participants.
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