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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1940
Page
2
An unclear public notice from Gordon Street Coffs Harbour appears to announce services related to driving or motor vehicle work and rates. The readable text mentions communications about contact and undertaking classes of carrying work at reasonable rates.
Disjointed OCR style summary shows weather talk and a school event, with many named items, people, and places scattered. It references a donation, a celebration, and various local activities, suggesting a community update card with multiple entries and names.
An OCR fragment reports a local event at Werder Lich with mentions of Moje Blurke and Hertbie and a TTL note. Details are unclear but the page notes scheduling and attendance references connected to the two names. Further context is unreadable.
An article recounts a century old irrigation project transforming a drought prone region north of Narrandera from a sparsely populated 60 to about 20 000 residents. The scheme dammed Mur rumbidyee waters twenty five years ago expanding cultivation and supporting export potential with local and state government support.
A scrambled public notice reports abandoned tomato experiments and related questions. It mentions agencies and individuals such as Mose and Hy sat en geal ginbierse, referencing investigations and possible further action. The fragmentary text hints at a department inquiry and concerns about viability and oversight.
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