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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1948
Page
2
Church services listed for June 27 include Truly vii-st John at 7.30 am and 9.30 am with 7.30 pm, St Aidan's at 8.20 am and 9.15 am with SS, Park Beach at 9.20 am SS, Upper Orara at 11 am and Sawtell at 2 pm led by Rev. H. E. Hunt.
The schedule lists masses in Upper Orara Jetty Coffs Harbour Sawtell and Woolgoolga with times on Saturday June 26 and June 21. Rev. Father R. Smith presides at designated services.
On June 27 services: Nana Glen 11 am, Woolgoolga 3 pm, Coffs Harbour 7 30 pm with Rev J Spencer. Coffs Harbour 11 am CE with Rev J W Spencer. Presbyterian notices list Karangi 10 am and Coffs Harbour 7 20 pm with Rev H M Coutts BA.
The record lists lunar phases from Last Quarter on June 1 to New Moon on July 7, First Quarter on July 13, and Full Moon on July 21, outlining the monthly cycle and key dates.
Mr. T. P. Holloway, back from Sydney Labor Conference, recalls a slick trick in a glass restaurant where he hung his umbrella and left. upon leaving, it vanished. He notes his banana plantation in Coffs Harbour was badly hit by a cyclone.
The ex Coffs Harbour footballer, captain of the Australian Rugby League team, will tour England. His mother Mrs H Maxwell, of ParkeBach, speaks proudly of his honors. Col began football in Coffs Harbour and played Country Week for Cottafn. He later moved to Newcastle and joined the Newcastle Club, rising to captain in the Australian squad.
Five defendants appeared at Coffs Police Court after a Saturday fracas in Grafton Street. James Ward Ronald Memory Doris Evelyn Ward Rita Memory Peter Grenberg faced charges of offensive behaviour indecent language and assaulting a police officer with fines ranging from £1 to £5 and multiple guilty pleas.
In Murwillumbah the crowd at a local hotel bought raffle tickets for cigarettes claimed to aid Old Boys Football Club. Constable Keith Clark alleged two men funded the raffle, one a metho drinker and the other a convicted drunkard. Michael Quinn denied involvement. £5 11s 34d found on him. Fraser received seven days’ gaol.
In loving memory of our dear mother and grandma who died on 20 June 1942. This is a day of remembrance. One of sad regrets a day we will always remember when the rest of the world forgets Maud Tom and grandchildren preserve her memory.
Reported by Mr Alby Thompson of High Street a fisherman lost his rod and line at the park beach. Despite efforts, gear could not be recovered, and the incident left him without his equipment.
The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission received applications under the Water Act. Herta Ivanhoe Hyworth seeks a pump on Coffs Harbour Creek for irrigation of about seven arres in Col parish Fitzroy county. Angelo Giuseppe Rossi requests a pump on Colts Harbour Creek for irrigation of about five weres in Cott parish Fitzroy. Notices invite all interested parties to inform the Commission within twenty eight days with reasons for objections. John Messner, Secretary, Box 2Tes Gins Ssiiep 0 Loth Jone.
Wartime land settlement notice for the Table Top Estate Albury describes sale blocks assigned to members of the forces. Blocks range in value around £925 with terms for Woolgrowers and breeders. Occupation planned from June to July with Crown lease arrangements and conditions for military settlement.
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