Footwear Variety Touts Apt Style and Value
A local shop highlights a range of footwear in current fashion, promising comfort and value. Shoppers are invited to browse assorted styles and sizes suited to daily wear and special occasions.
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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1916
Page
1
A local shop highlights a range of footwear in current fashion, promising comfort and value. Shoppers are invited to browse assorted styles and sizes suited to daily wear and special occasions.
A vintage advertisement urges shoppers to visit Lloyds for drapery clothing and boots. It highlights a wide range of frocks sports coats blouses skirts underwear children and maids dresses along with fabrics silks muslins hosiery ribbons embroidery laces hats panamas and shoes.
Report from Grafton describes a controversial march by laborers facing scarce water and protests. Officials note tension and delays as locals debate funding and support. A public meeting discussed the event, its costs, and responses, while critics call for better treatment of the volunteers.
Fragments describe a meeting at the Tearoom of Ale and various names including Fareed and Taw mse roused to plan actions. The text references public party implications, a potential march, and a call for questions at Urusk, with scattered mentions of individuals and groups amid unclear production.
A fragmented list of qualifiers and individuals appears, naming CortiNoates and a series of likely participants or officials including Holloway Corninba Dalryeitle Mary Hoolahan George Bampnald Mabs Brench Alma Sharpe Woolgualge Hegbald Jones Korman Morrow Robert Barely Bra Douglas Maurice Ford Char free Merkel Jack Wilkinson and others in a busy, unreadable draft of a roster or results page. The text suggests a sports or competition context with numerous proper nouns and potential misspellings. Further readable portions are needed for precise event, place, and outcome details.
A fragmentary wartime report describes the Horth Coasters and local troops marching, the reception along the Post Office route, and a parade with ships and crowds. It notes officers and medical staff, losses or rejections, and a sense of duty and patriotism amid rough days and shifting duties.
The Cot Barber Jockey Club holds a midweek race meeting promising a lively program on Wednesday. Entries include several horses, with free admission for ladies and a notable weight handicap toward the route marchers, featuring horses such as Right Pearl and others in a crowded field.
Fragmented report notes a meeting at Karangi with Mr Bob Carnes in attendance. The Otara newiew chair Br W. S. Gmall oversaw proceedings, including a speech by Major Capt Colgio on needs. An appeal was made and two proposals were accepted, with timetable details and community leaders listed.
A letter to Mr John Thomeoo from the PMG discusses mail conveyance delays from Sydney Harbor to top-town. The writer cites ferry schedules and wharf delays as principal causes, noting three quarters of an hour or more in some cases and proposing projects to expedite mail transport to clear steamship backlogs.
In garbled text a wartime scene references Australian soldiers, a German navy ship, and a sailor named Kunkel. It mentions engagements at sea, a claim of escape from a cruiser, and a distant battlefront with vague locations like Dansig and Sydney. The piece hints at police actions and civilian fear during combat.
A one year old Maltese child drowned after being swept from a rock near Barbor beach. Spectators and bystanders, including Mr Bauer and Mr Satler, performed CPR and revived the infant before transport to safety. The rescue followed persistent efforts as strong currents drew the child toward the rocks.
A deciphered 1910s style account details German forces near Constantinople and Anatolian fronts. It cites British and Turkish positions, Turkish towns along the Chard River, and Allied concerns over a Mesopotamian campaign. The report claims German troops are advancing toward key holdings while air and naval actions intensify.
The document lists numerous individuals associated with a funeral or obsequial notice. Names include Crokeseniae, President N. Bevel, Mr Solerot, Mrs J Duchanssy, Crouch, Glace, Williacason, Watkion, Hand, Witfinens, Wilixisoe, and others. Locations mentioned include Upper Orats and Buckman.
The Saturday night bout at Pier Stadium featured Billy Crewford defeating Jongore. Consort and Craftford exchanged hard exchanges with Craftford suffering a knockdown but recovering. Mlle. W. Tayfory recorded the win with 19 traded punches and a stronger overall showing.
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