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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
1
A New Spring millinery shop opens in Moore's Arcade Coffs Harbor offering hats and accessories. The modest storefront marks a fresh retail addition to the town's fashion options with services advertised to draw shoppers.
Local reports describe a heated push for a new harbor butter factory and accompanying refrigerating works. Officials forecast uneven distribution of gains among allied regions while a coalition seeks a unified plan amid protests and financial pledges.
Fragmentary report details proposals for road work from Dorrigo to Cols Harbor and linked harbor upgrades. It notes Works Department contracts, a new route to Deer Park, and potential jetty and road realignments, with safety concerns and projected timelines.
A garbled excerpt describes furniture making and cabinet work with mentions of an order, cabinet maker, and various names. It references hotel work, room fittings, and a Catholic church setting, suggesting a historical craft and commission context with limited readable details.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a location and names but lacks clear events or outcomes. The readable parts reference a ward and a hospital context with incomplete phrases. No decisive actions are present to report.
Local columns describe plans for church ceremonies in Lakisa and a vestry meeting next week. Articles discuss a proposed rail line deviation, Dorri ko timber shipments, and road and rail developments affecting nearby towns, with weather notes and public notices mixed in.
Local sports brief notes a cricket themed event featuring teams with names like Cheb and Saerens in San Fe. It mentions a coach or manager figures and a wife tied to Viola or Vreeviewia Mowery, plus a potential player Giana.
A strained report covers a cricket match between Rasorbecks and the BAT mill team with no clear winner. It notes O'Neil and Goldamieh leading in scoring, cites weather affecting play, and lists officers elected for the evening year's club management, including Noble Harrigan Kickland Keech Biron and Walker.
A meeting at the School at Cottle Harbor last week considered establishing a butter factory at God's Arbor. The group noted water supply challenges and cited capital proposals exceeding £80, with over 2000 cattle thought available. Provisional officers were elected including C Busitty and A E Shrepsuord.
Fragmented report describes political events and meetings with many garbled names and dates. Key entities are unreadable. no clear actions or outcomes can be identified from the available readable portions.
The readable lines sketch a damaged page with names, places, and scattered figures. It mentions individuals such as Thomas Prarie Darks and Charles K. Dalchropea, plus places like Corin and Dorrigo, with references to dates, posts, and permissions.
Fragmented lines reference names such as Young Henry Creee and O Hanlon with dates like 08 25 and 08 28. Mentions include acres 1 82, certificates of udvnese, and con firmed vt. Multiple unreadable items appear to be legal or property related with scattered dates and references to individuals and documents.
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