19 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
1
The Coffs Harbour and Dorrigo Advocate reports a wartime philanthropy appeal urging readers to donate to the Italian Red Cross fund. It highlights Allied victory stakes, calls for funds for Italy, and names contributions, timelines, and local organizers.
The Daily Chronicle reports disrupted naval salvage and mutinous sentiment around the Pines. American forces near Chateau Thierry grow. Austrian frontier pushes closed as newspapers describe mutinous Slav prisoners and rising defence subscriptions. Admiralty Salvage Department records 407 vessels salvaged.
Patron notices hawking low prices on fabrics, sweaters, under flannels, overcoats, and military consack gear. The ad touts Tweeds, serges, and browns with a wide range of men’s and boys’ clothing and school clothes, urging shoppers to hurry to Perry’s for bargains.
A fragmented wartime reminiscence describes close combat with Australians praised for actions in Belgium. Vivid but garbled narrative covers artillery barrages, machine gun fire, and storming German lines, with personal accounts of soldiers, casualties, and the intense intensity of a battlefield night march.
The readable fragments indicate a local public notice or classified item with unclear action and names. No complete details emerge to identify parties, place, or deadlines. The text is too garbled to determine specific entities or outcomes.
A tender summary notes PF Wala of South Gratum quoted £787 3 for the construction of view mail road to Cody Harbor along Orasu treat. The bid is the sole readable item in this fragmentary notice from Tamday.
Fragmented notes recount debate in a chamber about a motion led by Mr Griffin and seconded by Mr Mareball. Report mentions late field entry to contradict a sport and concerns over whether the Chamber of Commerce seized a matter, with discussions of reports and forwarded information to Labor.
A fishing party aboard the Geldwall Brortainone motor boat left Coffs jetty with four aboard on an 8 schnapper exposition. After a day of cruising and a long chase they landed about seventy snapper and a pile of cod, with excitement over a supposed giant fish. The crew returned home by 4 pm with a splendid catch and local reports of the unusual voyage.
A damaged OCR fragment blends mournful verse with scattered legal notices. It references a drowning vigil at Carl’s Jettybear, a tense maritime scene, and a court showing on Monday with wills and theft trials. Names and places are unclear due to corrupted text.
A Saturday afternoon School of Arts gathering featured merriment and refreshments with over a dozen tales of gifts and tokens for soldiers at the front. The event showcased student pieces, with parents contributing thoughtful wares while War Comforts and nurses were in force. Community notes mention preparations, notices of requisitions, and a wartime mood shaping the town’s spirit.
An OCR fragment references a local public sale action with partial readable details naming a sale action and local officials. The text is unclear but indicates a notice related to property or assets and administrative oversight.
Fragmentary OCR states a plan to construct Araenal with native peoples involved and a ministry directive to conserve or tag entities, implying future development and cultural considerations amidst uncertain details. Readable names and dates are unclear, but the brief notes hint at an official project and heritage concerns.
Fragmentary report notes Makambo ashore near Sydney with references to the Bore Phlip and Lori Hors land. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate a landing event and associated entities Patt te and sewee in partial form.
Jumbled OCR style text shows Pat Ares applying for a job, with garbled dialogue about work, morning emails, and yard activities. The following morning Fat lines up with running components, a command to begin at ten, and a taunting response.
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