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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 29, 1949
Page
2
Church service times listed for St Johns St Aidan's Beach Sawtell Crossmaglen and Apt 3. Services include morning Holy Communion hospital or home communion and evening prayer intercessions and others. Canon Van referenced in end note.
Apr 2 Bonville 8 am and Apr 3 Coffs Harbour 7 am 7 30 pm Jetty 9 am Glenreagh 8 am Coramba 9 30 am Rev Father Smith.
Sunday religious gatherings listed for Nana Glen Coramba and Coffs Harbour with Rev J W Spencer leading at multiple times. Upper Orara service scheduled at 10 15 am with Su Yow noted and Knights order mentioned in Coramba area.
The lunar cycle lists New Moon on March 30 First Quarter on April 6 Full Moon on April 13 and Last Quarter on April 20. The sequence outlines the monthly phases with dates for observing and planning.
The bulletin lists tide levels at Coffs Jetty with comparative amplitudes for morning and afternoon high and low tides. It notes morning tides occurring earlier and afternoon tides later, affecting local harbor activity and coastal planning.
Mr Alf Short of the NCSN Coffs Harbour office begins a three week annual holiday visiting Maryborough and Queensland towns. Retired Sydney resident Set Bolton dies aged about 70. his daughter’s wedding occurred recently. Coffs Bowling Club notes President McGregor's illness but reports improving health. Noel Fidock, a former Sawtell resident, visits Sawtell renewing old friendships and interest in Sawtell Football Club. J J Murphy returns from a tour of Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide with high praise for Adelaide hotel service. Surf Life Saving interest grows as Sydney’s Mr Small vacations at Sawtell and holds life member ties to Cronulla Surf Club.
Despite heavy weather on Saturday afternoon golfers completed a 4 ball Stableford. K Hill and B Miller won with 38 points. R Anderton and J Malouf, R Cox and G D Tf Seccombe, and D Anderson and L T Smith all carded 37 points. Scores for other pairs were listed and notes included club rules and upcoming events.
Interview with Sawtell’s Advocate representative highlights scarce Surf Club facilities despite good surfing and town progress. Sister McInnes is praised for medical outreach and calls for a helicopter to reach outback clinics. O F Edwards visits Sawtell with his mother, a Dorrigo native and cane farmer. he notes banana growth and local road concerns.
Retail butchers in New Bort Wales resume winter Seer Hots with Saturday close. Hours run Monday to Thursday eight am to five pm, Friday seven am to five pm, Saturday closed all day.
During a Melbourne visit last week Mr J J Murphy chair of the BGF spoke on Oslo Lunch at an Opportunity Club event. He praised bananas as a health sustaining filling for sandwiches and noted NSW as the Commonwealth's leading banana grower with about 30 000 acres under cultivation and an annual production near 2 700 000 cases.
In loving memory of my dear husband Richard Benson who died March 30 1947. Sadly missed by his wife and family.
The family of the late Mrs. C. Heaney express sincere gratitude to the Matron and Staff of Coffs District Hospital Rev. H. M. Coutts Coffs Harbour Postmaster and Staff and all relatives and friends for expressions of sympathy and assistance in their recent bereavement. Please accept this as our personal thanks.
The Coffs Harbour Bowling Club committee decided to hold a special general meeting on Monday night April 11 to consider the proposed new club house. The motion asked that the meeting recommend building on the street frontage, with architect input suggested but no action taken.
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