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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 24, 1940
Page
1
May services listed for CHURCH OF ENGLAND METHOD CHURCH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH and MOON'S PHASES. Activities include sermons, sessions, and calendar reminders. May 27 and May 3 are noted with service times and duties. lunar phases and tides are summarized for the period.
The snippet from The Coffs Harbour Advocate mentions HHI and an individual named Se Lee. Details are unclear due to fragmentary OCR.
A garbled OCR item lists local names and scattered phrases about social events and individuals including Sawtell, Deb Sem, Viet, Sergia, and Hosa Ate. The text references a kitchen tea gathering, community notices, and scattered personal names, with no cohesive narrative or clear dates or places.
Sister Panny Neu formerly of Com Uurlet Baaphal now in Sydney joined a group of people at SloDney. The account notes travel, a brief illness, and medical transport by ambulance to Cole Harbour. The fragmentary text references Mrs A G Cook Cromiuugion and a fall on the arm.
Citizens discuss funding options and government actions amid wartime needs. Questions arise about allocation, oversight, and potential impact on local services and taxes as residents weigh personal costs and national duty. Officials urge prudent investments.
In memoriam for Tiurband Janus Gentle who died May 2 1939. Also memorials for a father who passed away May 26 1938 and other relatives. Printed lines show garbled dates and names, but indicate multiple obituaries and memorial notices from the Gentle family.
A project for the erection of a transmission line proceeds under approval steps. Names and details are partially garbled but indicate coordination among engineers and utility officials with scheduling around a specified start time.
A local listing announces a sale beginning at 2 pm this afternoon. The notice provides minimal details with unclear buyer or item information.
Fragmentary OCR text shows tender notices and bids interwoven with unclear place names and random strings. The readable items include references to dates and local entities but specifics are unreadable, leaving only a jumble of fragments and potential bidders.
Empire Day events at a high school featured a formal ceremony and a notable speech by Mr Hodge. Cadets organized the program with orderly discipline, and pupils gathered under a banner to honor the empire, with local officials and police in attendance.
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The obituary for Walter Henry Gould is recorded with references to his life and passing. It mentions family, residence at 3808 Tega Tesi Cone, and notes his age and last days. He is described with care as a public figure known in the community, with connections to local institutions and circles. The notice includes fragments of dates, locations, and names, reflecting an archival obituary entry in a community newspaper.
A garbled OCR passage contains numerous names, partial phrases, and unreadable segments. It mentions people, places, and terms without coherent context, offering no clear event, date, or location to summarize into a single narrative.
A fragmented OCR reads like a local student union note with scattered names and phrases. It mentions events, places, and people in a garbled stream reflecting an old campus correspondence or pledge sheet.
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