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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
1
The readable portion mentions CAPE GERSULAN and Wel om tear 11 with names like Saunders and Chenoem, but most of the text is garbled. This item appears to be a damaged notice or terse local snippet without a clear event or outcome to summarize.
The Coffs Harbor Advocate reports diverse local items including warnings at Sniping Hote, plans for Empire Day ceremonies at Sandey Church and Egland, mill court proceedings involving Sucy Poygart, and a huge bargain sale opening today. It notes Bank of NSW acting on the Belgian Fund and a Bridge erection query, plus a telegraph line update and ship cargo curios observed by a coast crowd.
A garbled wartime dispatch references Allied actions and battles with numerous broken names and places. The fragment mentions German and Turkish forces, chemical weapon concerns, and casualties. Details are unreadable due to OCR errors, yielding a partial, non coherent summary of wartime events.
The report gives German and Allied front actions near Richebourg and La Bassée with brave British troops, explosions, and casualties. It mentions 26 deaths and 1906 wounded, noting German lines along two miles and various combats at Villy, Cowebe, and surrounding areas.
Fragmented report lists names and events including marriages, deaths, banking notices, and local happenings. Mentions Anthony Wilding and scattered references to people like Meare, Laggo, MacNemart, and Fr Dorkin, with inconsistent place names and dates.
A community effort to aid Belgium raised substantial funds with a Belgian Day event. Donations collected by Mine Sempor Monahan and others surpassed expectations, aided by auctions, raffles, and music. The night concluded with broad support from local businesses and residents, contributing toward relief for Belgian families and troops.
An OCR fragment records thanks to a funder called tendlaman for gifts to a public market in a historical setting. The text mentions people, places, and amounts in a garbled way, with references to a Mesars figure, Sevenmaba on Hig Zohan, a Hotel-Commonmeslih, and a Relzian Vond. The note ends with McDODGALL and a date 17-5-15, noting no change in the produce market.
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