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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1950
Page
4
Sgt Purkiss observed the defendant in the Fitz Roy Hotel bar around noon on August 19 with several men. He held a betting book showing 77 bets from 9d to £20. The defendant handed the book to the officer. witnesses said he is a young man of good character who had lost money and started a job, with this being his third offence warranting a substantial penalty.
Mr Ken Sharp of Urunga was injured when a vehicle struck his motorcycle on the road home from Bellinger. He escaped being thrown but suffered a severe cut to the right toe and a severed tendon to the little toe. Peter Scolan in a bus gave first aid before the ambulance arrived and he was admitted to hospital.
A second half minstrel segment featured blackfaced performers led by compere F Cookesley as Ginger the red k-pie dog and sketches by Carl Johnson R Cookesley O Edwards and others. The show highlighted Mrs Donnan Miss Kay Erington June Woods Yvonne Crew Betty George and Keith Johnson with strong audience applause for individual acts.
Victor Cheele Lindsay faced charges at Collis Court of Petty Sessions for breaching permit conditions by picking up passengers beyond Boambee on a tourist trip to Grafton on July 6. He pleaded guilty but was given the benefit of Section 556A. The case noted a one day permit for Bellingen with routes and pickup points, and the department’s stance against extending permits to other buses on similar links. Local sentiment suggested the bus provided needed service, but authorities had recently objected to the practice.
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