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Newspaper
Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer
Location
Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1938
Page
3
An advertisement lists fabric and clothing prices for menswear and ladies wear with a final call to tailor a suit, offering extra trousers free. The page features yardage, sale prices, and numerous fabric items, including linens, blankets, towels, and coats, presented in a vintage shop window style.
Readable fragments describe a winter sale with many items listed. Strong work trousers nap work trousers sweaters and shirts are priced low with multiple sale prices. Also featured are socks pumps slippers coats and hats with bold price reductions and per pair or per item wording.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a convent event with field activities and names, referencing a birthday and various participants. The legible items include a mix of names, ages, and sport mentions, but the overall story and outcome remain obscured by garbled text.
A fragmented notice seeks volunteers and pastors to host and support holiday assistance on a farm. It requests willing hosts to provide space and care, asking for contact through local pastors and organizations. The ask aims to mobilize rural help for a national charitable program with potential regional roles and responsibilities.
A compact report notes ongoing incidents involving Ulatows and actions attributed to Mr A Wetniertevens MEO, detailing repeated violations and patterns observed by local authorities.
A fragment from The Australian Advocate discusses a proposal for a vast improvement of the Pacific Highway across New South Wales. It highlights the aim to build a main artery through the North Coast, noting extensive road-bone work, dust suppression, and substantial engineering plans. The text questions which department will fund and oversee the long road project from Newcastle to the hinterland.
Willencombe and Carsin Ltd report strong demand for pigs at Temay with supplies around 1,000 head. Prices for various weights and classifications show buckfasters and porkers firm, with ranges from 42s 10d to 56s per cwt and baconers in the 120 to 140 lb class.
A fragmentary film stage piece mentions Simone Simon and James Stewart in Seventh Heaven with names like Tyemilee and Mapulaye. The text wildly garbles credits, dates, and venue cues, referencing Beventhy Mowyen and MuAH police while promising an event titled Seventh Heaven with unclear affiliations and uncertain dates.
Winchcombe Garvan Ltd reports Demin general at ant Week's Syne Sheepskin auctions. Prices for tallow, hides, calfskins, and rabbit skins show mixed movements with lower tones on some areas and satisfactory demand overall. Prices range from 5f to 18s per ton for prime goods and 8d to 126 each for large country yearlings, with various grades lower or steady and several obsolete or garbled references to foreign trade and private figures.
A long torn wedding notice describes the ceremony at MyvH4 with family figures The Unkle mentioned as guest and various local details The event includes the bride and groom Fife threads of customs and the reception at home with guests from Gladsway Maclay Rivne and others
Fragmentary OCR note references Fox Tom and Huigeon with unclear names and dates. Readable items include mentions of people and places but the exact event or context remains uncertain. The readable text suggests a local shorthand record or personal note rather than a full news story.
The Coronation Association resumes with Wormeatin tout 1h lay and Rovere 4 Milli Erdeavoure. The list includes players such as Hitt, Wy, Bolu M diem, Kune, and Wellwianere, with birthdays and public notes for Wellwishers and Burt.
Timber orders move to Ue Huppert Local Industry with no items too small to process Orders labelled best of building timber.
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