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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 19, 1950
Page
2
Church of England announces services after Ascension Day on May 21. Church programs include a family eucharist at 9 am and a morning service at St. Chiltern Park Beach, with parishioners invited to participate.
Rev Fr Dineen leads a morning spiritual run stopping at Coffs Harbour eight thirty Coramba nine ten and Glenreagh ten. Participants gather at Jetty seven thirty to begin the journey along the coast with prayers and reflection.
Notices record May 21 engagements at Coffs Harbour and Sawtell with times 7.30 pm and 3 pm. Rev H N Whiteman and Rev I wv Fullerton are named, plus brief fragmentary items about BAS ie and other uncertain notes.
The note lists the Moon phase sequence for M71 with details on First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter and New Moon, mentioning June observations and a schedule fragment.
The Coffs Bowling Club contributes 35 to Legacy this year, with locals noting a rise from last year. Visiting family members, civic notices, and social updates fill the area as Mrs. James Edwards leaves Sawtell for Brisbane for medical care, after a long health battle.
The engagement is announced between Keith Ryan eldest son of Mr and Mrs D J Ryan Coffs Harbour and Patricia Malcolm third daughter of Mr and Mrs C Malcolm Flemington Melbourne.
In loving memory of my dear husband who passed away May 20 1947 also my son Ern and daughter Lily who predeceased him I am lonely dad without you and sad I am today Life is not the same to me by his loving wife and father
Tenders are invited for the sale of the Macksville Fire Brigade building on Lot 2 Section D Cooper Street Macksville. The property includes a 6 room rusticated weatherboard building and a rear utility area. Tenders close at 12 noon on Thursday 25 May 1950 with W A Stone and Simon as solicitors. Delivery of envelopes marked Tenders Gibbard Estate.
May Back advertised seeking a furniture van return trip from Coffs Harbour to Sydney in May. Contact May Day and STOCK at 647 Darling Street Rozelle or reach H. C. Fanning in Coffs Harbour by phone 45.
Advertisement lists 11 acres of land 100 yards from Seen Road and 1 mile from Coffs Harbour Post Office for £300 plus a 34 hp Austral Aero Engine for £15. Seller Les Poynter on property.
Banana plantation listing offering 33 acres freehold land with 7 wires and 2 sheds. All banana or crop land with some timber. Sold by T. C. Seccombe & Co located on Moonee Street. Contact phone number provided.
T. C. Seccombe & Co offers a turnkey opportunity at Moonee Street for starting a business on your own account with prompt contact via phone 3.
Government notice details an application by John Albert Dillon under the Water Act for a weir and pump on an unnamed water course on portion 26 parish of Coff county of Fitzroy for water conservation and irrigation of 5 acres. Objections must reach the secretary within 28 days.
NSW tenders for mail conveyance invited effective 1 July 1950 with bids due by 2 30 pm on 31 May 1950. Tender forms available at Sydney GPO and connected post offices. Services listed include routes between Dorrigo Caroline Nana Glen Brooklana Coramba and related nurseries.
SECCOMBE AND MUTTON PTY LTD invites applicants for a permanent position with competitive pay and conditions in Coffs Harbour. Phone 154. Box 3.
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