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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1930
Page
1
Dave Smith, a popular 21 year old airman known for his cheerful nature and role in the Coffs Harbour pageants, died instantly when his reconditioned Tiger Moth racing plane crashed near Mascot during a practice run for Sydney race events.
The Orara River District Cricket Association held a Glenreagh meeting with delegates from Clenreazh Coramba Nana Glen Hag and Lower Buya. Competition starts with a half hour grace and matches progress with 4 3 2 point outcomes and a neutral ground final if tied. Players must register before play and transfers required when moving clubs.
The School of Art Pictures presents Two Lovers with Ronald Colman and Wilma Sanford and Teta Steer with Will Rogers Louise Fazenda and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. A romance of two enemies who both win. Texan Steer follows a cattleman who lands in Parliament with comic mishaps. Next Wednesday features Navy Blues starring William Haines.
A Board of Health inspector, visiting Coffs Harbour last week, paid tribute to the town’s sanitary depot. He said, among all towns he had visited, only Maclean had a depot that compared with Coffs.
Brisbane Sydney Express will pass through Coffs Harbour starting Monday week, bringing a relaunch of the station with new refreshment rooms and increased staff. A manager from Coorundra arrives with furniture and waitresses from Cootamundra. The station will host daily banana train services, with breakfast from Brisbane and dinner from Sydney, and lodgings for extra crews and officers as Coffs becomes a pivotal changing point.
C Walker and P Burke represented Park Beach Trust at a shire council meeting to amicably resolve the Gravel pit at Macaniey Headland within the Park Beach Reserve. They proposed revenue from gravel or road access terms in exchange for council action, with talks touching resumption, road works, and reserve improvements.
A Board of Health inspector and Mr Voat surveyed the town and Red Rock beach reserve. They praised some sanitary facilities but criticized drainage and garbage removal. Public closets were removed and new cesspits under reconstruction at various sites. Coffs Harbour works under Health Department guidance were reviewed. 1922 conditions were satisfactory. A full report to the council is expected later.
The president and council fora from Bellingenshire met Graf ton officials and Clarence County Council to discuss extending the Nym bolda hydroelectric system south ward. The interview ended satisfactorily. Mr Justice Stephen ruled Inverell showgrounds are not ratable under the Local Government Act after an appeal by the trustees of Inverell showground.
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