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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
A man, 190 men report, attacked a woman at a religious ceremony near Ennt Grea. Police say Mavis was savagely assaulted by women in a ritual act. Suspects were brought to Heddoo Greta and jailed. Clergy charged with murder? Not clear.
In Malvern Victoria, 68 year old Jane Kitzbeth died after pouring kerosene on her clothes and setting them alight. Neighbours and Mrs Hatherall witnessed the incident and a match was applied to extinguish the flames, but she succumbed to her injuries shortly after. The inquest noted similar cases of self immolation in Melbourne within recent years.
The Advocate claims weekly publication across the district and urges steady advertising, printing services, and office contact for notices. It advertises prepaid rates, job printing plans, and offers for memorial notices and miscellaneous notices, inviting orders and fostering service with affordable prices.
A garbled note outlines a local planning meeting with scattered names and places. Despite OCR errors, references to counts, dates, and addresses suggest a scheduled civic discussion on development standards. No clear outcome is stated.
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