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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
2
Mr. C. T. Docker visited to discuss the Comforts Fund and the Avatralan Cor forte work. He announced Australian gifts and parcels to support relief, with talks on funding, logistics, and ongoing coordination through national and city officials.
A garbled notice details a local issue on Jetty Road involving a footpath fine. It mentions a date around a garden or parade and references several unclear names and places. The text is fragmented and hard to parse, with multiple poor OCR word substitutions.
A fragment describes a wartime mission with British and Western Ontario Regiment forces en route to England. It notes an allied approach to a dangerous task and mentions naval and air service involvement along with a Tata/Khari context. The passage is incomplete but centers on a historic effort for freedom and deployment across the Atlantic.
The report records the Shire Council monthly gathering at Coramba with President P Hurke and officials present. It discusses proposed measures on timber destruction and water relief, adoption of war certificates, local government notices, and various departmental actions including planning and approvals.
The council debated a smoke nuisance from sawdust burning at multiple mills in Counts Harbour. Inspector Kirwan reported efforts to eliminate the nuisance and discussed installing a destructor and other disposal measures. The council adopted the report and reserved power to require proper implementation and employment of adequate controls.
A partial and garbled report from Suir County on Wednesday notes some imidodluge items and numbers as read. The fragment mentions dosages or dues and a list of figures, though the text is unreadable in parts.
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