28 Apr 1916
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
1
Northern towns report a standout agency offering unmatched service for strippers binders and harvesters with comprehensive local support. The firm emphasizes wide coverage and expert handling across equipment trades.
Directory lists Laura Corporation meeting alternates Tuesdays with Mayor H. G. Rowland and councillors A W Adams FL Buntley H M Newman W Homan J Moody Et Winter. KOOTUULIE DISTRICT COUNCIL meets monthly at District Council Offices Lat ay. Chairman W Higgins. Councillors JL Walter R Clennert JM Klemm Tho Hineke. Clerks and auditors named. Also local courts with Justices and a Vigilance Committee meeting seven Mondays monthly. Institute free reading room hours daily. subscription rates and officers listed.
Laura Jockey Club Limited lists two annual meetings for October and notes officers J.P. and Secretary Jee Ppa with various historical club affiliations. Additional entries cover Laura Football Club in 1912 and 1914 15, Laura Cricket, Tennis, and Excelsior Ladies Hockey clubs with listed presidents and secretaries.
General information lists Adelaide and Southern Offices mails close times, office hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and savings bank hours 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. It includes postage rates within the Commonwealth for letters, cards, printed papers, magazines, newspapers, and international letters to the United Kingdom and protectorates, with various per ounce charges and special close times for Saturday books.
The directory catalogs manufacturers and dealers in each class of goods and also includes export merchants. It notes the goods shipped and the colonial and foreign markets supplied, presenting a compact commercial guide to Linden gate suburbs.
An agricultural show event is advertised with names including Laura Branch and EG Blewig as secretary figures. The notice mentions a town hall venue and a closing date for entries, with details unclear due to damaged OCR.
Commenst F C Kworey from Laon presents rainfall data for Laure across 211 years with figures like 18-19 and 1889-28.889, plus averages such as 1640 and 19,75. The record notes three recent years 101, 10.40 and mentions the lowest barometric pressure 29.48 on December 23 and hottest day in 1913 January 27.
A fragment describes pamphlets by H. S Tayuire, horticultural expert, issued by The Laura Standard General Printing Office. It lists titles on peach trees vines and fruit care, with pricing and a post office address in Laura.
LODGES. MASONIC LODGE NO 33 meets Mondays or before the first of each month. Campbell serves as secretary. ODDFELLOWS MEETS alternate Tuesdays with Laura Hal as secretary. RECHABITES meet Wednesdays via Lat Towa Dal with Campbell as secretary. FORESTERS meet monthly with Laura Town Lal and F L Burney as secretary.
A fragment lists names associated with the Uaura Telephone Exchange including F L Bonney Cox Dr L Davey and others. The legible items reference positions or roles within the exchange and include additional surnames such as Haus Lavica Stanpano Burera and J. dose.
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