06 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
1
Summer sale at Perry's features Jap silk blouses in cream navy and black and striped voiles priced 2d 1s 6d and 1s 9d per yard. Men shirts, hats including straw boaters panamas and Borsalino felt, and a range of patent and lace shoes with prices across the collection.
A narrow OCR fragment describes religious services conducted by a preacher named Pat at a church, with references to Sunday timing and dates. Details are unclear but indicate a local worship event with community attendance.
The coastal paper from Coff's Harbor issues its midweek edition on March 6 1015. Local notices and community items fill the page with brief reports and public notices reflecting small town life.
A jumble of local notices and advertisements announces sales of horses and sheep at Lieismart High Street and similar postings. Reports of bank savings activity for December 1917 appear, detailing deposits, repayments, and balances as observers note steep year end totals.
A garbled update lists Mr C. E. Haigh replaced by Br. Brook from the city with staff and players named Dickie Miss Ran and Miss Davison. Mentions Tweed Heads Pacifique Hotel and a clerical transfer to Sydney while passengers prepare for a Sunday service with several surnames including Wynne Brook Birchmier Chew Hammel.
A terse telegraphic note from Sydney reports missing passengers connected to a Matunga incident. The message lists an incomplete crew and notes London officials coordinating a search effort amid uncertain whereabouts and ongoing inquiries.
Eight Nationalist members at the Veleral council send a letter to Mr Hughes urging a united bid to call Parliament. They comment on looming war-related troop movements and demand action as tensions rise, while other factions weigh responses and potential alliances.
A wounded fox was savagely attacked by a dog during a late night confrontation. The dog mauled the fox, drawing blood and leaving it motionless as bystanders and a hunter attempted to intervene. Local authorities and medical staff responded, with X-rays and hospital admission recorded for the fox’s injuries.
The readable fragment lists a Christmas dinner menu with dishes like vegetables, roast turkey, pork, and applesauce, followed by a garbled roster of soldiers and names such as Sauats K Taylor and Lametater among others, reflecting a wartime captioned section.
A garbled OCR text presents a sequence of names and phrases with no clear events or structure. It mentions multiple personal names and places in a disjointed form, lacking coherent actions or dates to extract a factual summary.
Fragmented account describes Allied and German actions, troop movements, and territorial claims amid a broader war. References to transports and destroyers, prison camps, and cautions about territorial interests surface amid reports of revolutions and cross border tensions.
The report notes deposits totaling £37,040,180 with 756,917 accounts open by June 20. It records 2,355,021 deposits worth £33,005, with 1,704,248 payments totaling £21,926,696. Interest on deposits stands at 3 percent up to the statutory £2,900, with privileges for large balances and transfers between accounts.
Wartime industry mobilization calls printers and allied trades to mass production for victory. Officials urge converting plants to war materials while maintaining civilian supplies and morale, with posters, window signs, and printed matter guiding home front efforts. The piece stresses unity of industry and government in achieving strategic production and postwar return to normal trade.
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