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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
2
District Council of Port Germein issues an important notice to ratepayers regarding obligations, payment schedules, and upcoming deadlines. The notice outlines how rates are assessed, due dates, and contact details for inquiries and adjustments.
Tenders will be received until 19 o clock on Saturday for contracts 274 for Fors and Meking three chains of road in East Ward and 282 for supplies delivering 130 yards of stone on Fase and Gladstone Road in both East and South wards. Specifications, forms, and odds are available at the office, with lowest tender not necessarily accepted. By order W H Campbell, Clerk.
Notices from Commonwealth Provimox Stores at Port Augusta announce egg supply details with inquiries directed to the manager. The item hints at a large stock, possibly around 3,000 units, and invites direct contact for purchase or information.
The notice lists events at 11 a.m. Rev. 4 Harlett 7 p.m. Rev. G. RB and Dodds Sartor Varsun 1 a.m. Rev. E. B. Turner 2.30 p.m. Meua Clana 7 p.m. ter ES Tom.
The Riv. W Stuart Williams plans to return to Leura Monday after weeks in Victor Harbor, with street lighting work to follow. Cpl Gordon Hollis recovers from wounds at Gullipoli, and Rev D C Harrie departs Booleroo for Murray Bridge with farewell events. A soldier’s letter praises sock mending and wool donations. Dentist BR Gibson lists upcoming clinic towns and dates as Port Geographe correspondence ends.
At Leora Town Hall on Tuesday March 28 a report notes discussions from the previous issue. Guests included Celtic Tempert Boo E Lucas MLC and Chaplain McPhe. They recalled Crimean War heroics and a Belfast like mood with Ireland and Emerald Isle banter. The piece cites Robert Blatchford and Clarion warnings before the outbreak of war and comments on Britain's righteous war and losses of German mercantile might and colonial posessions.
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