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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
1
A directory entry notes a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs. It also lists export merchants among the manufacturers and dealers in various goods.
Directory listing for Stanley district Victoria with Maeta District Local Court and officials. Includes Mitchel JP clerk mounted constable Wellington bailiff and local Justices Witton Spicer Duncan Blesing Quighy Row Bundey Rovanfelit. Vigilance Committee meets monthly. Free Reading Room open daily 9 am to 9 pm on Tuesdays.
Sporting notes from the Laura area list the Laura Jockey Club with Witton J.P. as secretary and no annual race meetings. Laura Football Club premiers in 1913 and 1914, presidents and secretaries noted. Laura Cricket and Tennis clubs show officers. Excelsior Ladies Hockey caption with Roy Fuller listed.
A fragmented notice outlines a spring agricultural show at New Show Grounds near 10 Railway Station. Laura Branch Agricultural Bureau meets on the Friday before the month’s end with officials Laura Tor, CLairwan, E Biesing, J.P. Bueretary, and R J Roso, J.P. listed in the draft.
Railway time notices from TanEy Fasediye include weekly close times for Laura Post Office mails to Adelaide and Southern Oceania with departures on Thursday and Saturday. The schedule lists morning closings at 10 15 a m and additional services on Tuesday Monday and Wednesday, with further details on banking and money orders and postage rates for Commonwealth and United Kingdom protectorates.
Fragmentary note cites Sourman or F O Kworm and references a lava average, a past period, a value 17.87, and a record hottest day in 1913 on January 31. Contains unclear measurements and barometer hints, with mentions of temperatures and travel notes amid garbled OCR.
Local fraternal groups including Mason Lodge No 2 and Odd Fellows M A Meets alternate Wednesdays at Gaure Town Mall and Laura Town Hall with secretaries WH Campbell and Wi Campbell. Rechabitas, & 4 D also meet alternate Wednesdays at Laum Town Mall. Names listed include F L Bespey B F Cox L Davar Lacma Seanvano H J Kananz.
Fragmentary OCR text references Special Nothe Fruitgrowers and multiple garbled phrases. The readable elements suggest a historical public notice or combination of notices with names and titles unreadable. No clear actions, dates, or locations emerge to summarize a definite event or directive.
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