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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1949
Page
4
Rain this week disrupted town life and harmed crops. Tomato growers sow Marmande plants but ground turned sodden and cold snap may hurt young plants. Beans and peas also suffer as streets stay muddy and uncomfortable. Residents hope for fine weather soon.
A prospective buyer reported a car advertised for sale at a price £300 above the original. The Prices Minister Mr Finnan cited the case as an example of dealers tightening distribution to curb racketeering and ensure cars go to buyers for their own use.
By 30 June 1948 New South Wales registered 397 410 motor vehicles an all time high. Registrations since 30 June 1947 rose 38 960 or 10 9 percent. Pre war August 1939 total was 329 219 and lorries and vans exceeded that by 49 715 or 64 0 percent.
The Advocate offers complete printing services for all needs. From business cards to banners, it promotes high quality results and reliable turnaround for local customers.
STAN DICK on 6th Avenue in Sawtell advertises window blinds with sizes and quick service. Samples available.
Tobacco boxes and pipe tobacco in 1lb lots with fixed prices. Flake Pipe light or dark 22/8 lb ready rubbed pipe 22/8 lb English flakes and mixes 37/-, 37/4, 38/8, 39/4 lb ready rubbed cigarette 23/4, 24/-, 25/4, 31/32 lb. Add 1/3 post and exchange on cheques A Scarborough Orchard Buildings Quay Street Sydney.
Mr. J. J. Murphy and Mr. Ken Hack of the Banana Growers Federation toured BGF areas observing railhead banan a inspections. They reported inspectors and growers cooperating, with packing and grading moving toward uniform standards, and advised fresh Shirlan dip usage only one week unless purity kept.
Sir Earle Pace attributes Australia’s population growth to higher milk consumption. He notes natural increase rose from 120,000 in 1940 to 182,000 in 1947, linking births to Australians drinking more milk over the decade.
Dorrigo residents boast about the climate’s vigor claiming local schoolboys weigh 12, 14, and 15 stone. The remark highlights a curious local pride in the area’s physical stature among pupils.
The weekend golf events featured larger fields and strict etiquette including playing through on open fairways and teeing up on fairways. In the 18 hole Stableford Fowler led with 40 points while Seccombe Irvine Smith Johnson tied for second with 35. The 8 holes Mixed Foursomes on Sunday drew 40 players, won by R Peck and Miss McDonald with a nett 63.
X Freyberg beats Delta in the 12.45 race with Furdan and Jenval following. At 1.50 Kenzami leads with Beau Caste second. 2.25 sees Homeleigh Dick ahead of The Diver. 2.55 features Great World with General third. 3.30 Rip Tide ahead of Kerry Lad. 4.40 Uranium wins over Deep Royal Regal.
At a meeting on Wednesday night Coffs Primary School P and C Association voted against the Education Department proposal to build a shelter shed with volunteered labor while the department provides materials. The Minister reportedly unhappy, with next department moves awaited.
The selection committee has named A Grade players to face Urunga at Coffs Harbour Showground at 3 pm on Saturday. Listed are M Priest L Whalan N Ferguson A Lorimer E Black M Campbell M Rankin M Grey B Kemp V Chad J Flick. All other players should attend Saturday practice. Sunday teams will be posted Saturday. Play begins 9 am Sunday with no men's competition at Sawtell on Saturday.
Coffs Harbour will send two teams to Dorrigo next Sunday for the second last round. Firsts include McCarthy Hill Caldwell Duncan Williams Worland Malouf Pearce Bailey Kay Betts Goodenough. Seconds feature Cross Cunningham Ferguson Nolan McLean Duncan Reid Dallas OConnor Cunningham Lowery Durie Kirkby. Thirds face Boambee Bonville at the Jetty Oval. players to arrive by pin. Referees listed as Youngman Sawtell Woolgoolga Adams and others.
Grafton RSL Sub-branch moved to protest an inter city tennis competition set for Anzac Day morning. President R M Reynes noted the event had been played on Grafton City tennis courts. The meeting urged the City Council to ban sport on council controlled grounds that morning.
The Lower Bucca School builds a miniature golf course reviving a once popular sport. Teacher E. R. Snow earns commendation for initiating the project, opening sport to children and possibly adults, with the activity seen as a refreshing novelty for those well beyond the school age.
Neville Cavanagh, a Sawtell youth, remained in serious condition after being found injured on the headland about ten days ago. He has been moved to Grafton for specialist care, with his parents at his side. Local friends recall he likely fell from a bicycle, and Mr Wood and Mr Dave Ross assisted his transfer to the Cavanagh home.
The Mixed Foursomes Championship at Cot's Harbour Golf Club is postponed from Sunday due to heavy rain making the course too wet. A new date will be announced early.
The Dorrigo band expects instruments ordered from Sydney to arrive within a week and plans to start practice immediately once they arrive.
An unusual fish named the Fagie Bay drew significant interest at Mutlum bim last week after being caught by Mr. oS. Pippons of M. un Avm while fishing for jew eat Moobal Beach. The creature resembles a porpoise with a long snout and a tail about thirteen inches, and is described as a venomous deep sea species. Eagle rays, related to stingrays, are noted as its kin and have attacked divers, though rare on this coast.
Thousands of crows at Palmers Island in Clarence harvest maize peas and potatoes. The hungry birds strip fields, feeding on whatever sustains them as farmers report heavy damage to the crops.
Clarence River County Council tests a new orange sodium vapour street light system to assess its suitability for main street lighting. Chief Engineer J A acres notes lights may be shifted to different areas during trials as the council plans to install new lighting on Jetty Road at Coffs Harbour to solve special difficulties.
At the upcoming Annual Shires Conference in Sydney in June a motion will be tab led seeking an official ban on all roadside advertising signs on country roads. The Dumaresq Shire sponsors the motion citing danger and landscape damage. Dorrigo Shire Council has concurred in the proposal.
Mr and Mrs J W Johnston pioneers of Dorrigo celebrated their fifty year marriage at Kingaroy Queensland. Attending were two bridesmaids from the original wedding, four children and twelve of their twenty two grandchildren. They were married at Teven on the Richmond River and later settled at Dorrigo before moving to Richmond in 1918 to run mixed farming and the Verona Vale AIS stud. Mr Johnston 74 and Mrs Johnston 72.
A humorous tale from England recalls a town clerk whose divorce became law by a waterworks bill clause. While Parliament slept, a clause dissolved the clerk’s marriage, and Royal Assent followed allowing him to live happily ever after.
The Wingham council approves naming several town streets in honor of former mayors including Rouse Keech Douglas and Murray. The action recognizes longtime civic leaders and expands local street names.
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