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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
3
In Port Atte It Green, a timetable lists departures for Yandts at 2.55 am Wirrdbers at 2.98 am Stone Hut at 9.45 am Laura at 10.14 am and Racecoeree arriving by 10.27 am.
The League of Loyal Women urges urgent raisin and almond donations for soldiers at the front. Raisins are valued for nourishment and stamina. gifts and monetary contributions marked For Raisins are invited. The piece details drying methods and quality sorting for trade use.
The article describes browns divided by grading sieves and sweated to regulate dryness before boxing or bagging. It warns against contamination by pests during processing and notes the evening process dries fruits in bulk to absorb excess moisture from underdried items.
District news recalls local events in Melrose with mentions of Bottes linked to Malrow and Commonwealth Bank, a March 38 gathering at Meeratiog Hall for the Soldiers Training Varn, and a Red Cross society collection. The record notes deaths, sympathy for a young widow, and community support efforts amid ongoing relief work.
Fragmentary text alleges issues with recognition and blame related to medical products. Mentions doctors, pills, and a perceived explanation but contains many garbled terms and missing context, making precise attribution and events difficult to determine.
The piece mixes political exhortation from Australian figures and notices of campaign activity. It references Prime Minister Hughes, Labor Party lines, Bendigo speeches, and calls to support national ministers and voluntary enlistment. It also notes candidate announcements and upcoming campaign meetings in Grey Division.
Prime Minister Hughes speaks at Bendigo on March 27 praising government action in organizing freight and backing the wheat pool. He notes the Wheat Board has paid farmers well, reduced middleman costs, and secured a guaranteed price of 4/ a bushel for 1917 18 and 1918 19 crops, with Britain buying millions of tons. The policy aims to expand acreage and support farmers amid war and postwar uncertainty.
Fragmented poem praises an ideal Australia with images of fields forests and rivers. The text invokes land wealth and freedom with references to homesteads and Nature’s minstrelsy while contrasting with Britain. The excerpt presents lush imagery and patriotic sentiment without a clear narrative arc.
A conference discussion on plough depth led by Mr. B. G. Bleag cites Roseworthy trials showing 8 inch ploughing often yields better averages over six years. Deep ploughing incurs extra costs, but gradual subsoil to surface deepening could occur over ten years, with farmers urged to test methods long term.
Paddy Maher, a former undertaker’s helper in Kerry, tries a new career and ends up in a risky exchange with a Jew on a street corner. The conversation turns toward schemes and gold as a moral question hangs over the tale.
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