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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 15, 1949
Page
1
Bowraville Guardian reports Amos Provost battles dingo threats at South Arm cattle farm. he lost eight heifers and saw dozens of dingoes roaming from Taylor's Arm to South Arm. a hunting party is invited to help exterminate the pest.
The Poster Exhibition at the School of Arts drew over 300 primary pupils as they admired Picturesque scenes worldwide. Farewell to Hon Bill Horner long time P C Association treasurer. Sports results include football and softball wins and draws for Oxley, Flinders, Phillip, and Cook. P C grants fund new class libraries to boost reading efforts.
A. C. Orman, Special Agronomist, cautions against planting early potatoes too deep as emergence slows and rot risk rises. Recommended depth is five to six inches, sets spaced about 15 inches in rows 24 to feet apart. Fertilizer should be banded 2 to 4 inches to one side and slightly below the sets to support growth.
A conference at Taree discussed weed control in the Taree group of shires and councils. Only Taree Municipal and Manning Shire attended, with Mr. K. K. Green and Mr. J. M. Pitt present. It was agreed that Jantana be declared a noxious weed throughout the district.
William Oliver Murray aged 65 died suddenly at his Hall's Road home after a heart attack shortly after tea. Born Oakwood Inverell district, he lived much of his life at Bendemeer and recently moved to Coffs Harbour with his wife. Surviving are four sons Harold Malcolm Allan and Fred, daughters Mrs C Walker and Miss Donelda Murray, one son killed at Buna in 1942. Funeral at Presbyterian portion of Coffs Harbour Cemetery conducted by Rev H M Coutts.
Denis Hunter a 19 year old English lad working at a local sawmill was granted a 12 month good behaviour bond with abstinence from alcohol after mischief following a mill closure. He admitted breaking into the Church of England Methodist Church and a Public School at Beechwood damaging a barometer and stealing a fountain pen later found behind the Beechwood Hotel. He said he was drunk and had no recollection of his actions.
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