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WEATHER

Forecast: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening. Winds S 15 to 20 km/h becoming light early in the morning then becoming S 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 20s.

GRAFTON: 14-24

YAMBA: 17-23

MACLEAN: 16-23

COPMANHURST: 14-23

WOOLI: 17-23

BARYULGIL: 15-24

NYMBOIDA: 13-22

FUNERAL NOTICES

Shirley Mather
Passed away peacefully on March 16, 2021, aged 90 years. A service to farewell Shirley will be held at St Luke’s Chapel, 15 Chatsworth Road, Chatsworth Island on Wednesday, April 7 commencing at 10am.

Mervyn James (Joe) Johnson
A proud Clarence River man, passed away in Maclean, March 4, 2021. Admired by and a friend to all he met, Joe’s life was celebrated by his family and friends after he was cremated and interned in his beloved mother’s grave.

Neville Bruce Graham
Of 28 Morrison St, Grafton, late of St Francis Aged Care. Passed away peacefully aged 96 years. A funeral service has been held.

Nancy Lynette McPherson
Formerly of Nymboida and Grafton, passed away March 25, 2021 aged 82 years. Relatives and friends are invited to a celebration of Nancy’s life to be held at the Grafton Uniting Church, Prince St, Grafton, on Wednesday, March 31 at 11am.

Dennis Corrigan
Yamba, formerly of Canberra, died March 24, 2021, aged 93. A service of requiem mass for the repose of the soul will be held at St James Catholic Church, Yamba Tuesday March 30 commencing at 1.30pm.

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SPORT

Tucabia Copmanhurst broke the drought when they were crowned Clarence River Cricket Association’s GDSC Premier League champions for 2020/21. Read more

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ON THIS DAY

1492 King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castille issue the Alhambra Decree, mandating that all Jews be expelled from Spain.

1657 English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines.

1858 Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end.

1889 The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.

1946 The Allies seize 1,000 Nazis attempting to revive the Nazi party in Frankfurt.

1991 After 36 years in existence, the Warsaw Pact — the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites — comes to an end.

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Oz Lotto

Draw No: 1415

Winning numbers: 18, 6, 25, 30, 21, 39, 4

Supps: 40, 10

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Division 5: $49.70

Division 6: $25.35

Division 7: $16.00