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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
3
The text extols eyesight as essential to enjoyment of nature literature art and music. It notes aging and headaches can reveal eye issues and promises an honest assessment of whether glasses will help, stressing care for vision.
A fragmented listing shows Commercial Union addresses at 116 King William Street Adelaide and references to accident and personal accident policies. Mentions Assurance Co. Ltd and various insurance services including burglary fidelity guarantee and work injury coverage with a high amount 823,000,000.
A list of constitutional and policy proposals including electoral reform with preferential voting, abolition of certain patronage, expanded Commonwealth powers via section 51, bank act amendments, repeal of the Notes Act, tariff review, immigration incentives, Northern Territory development, retirement allowances reforms, Murray River agreements, uniform company law, and uniform civil law between the Commonwealth and states.
Readers seeking cozy winter evenings can enjoy Australian pioneer life through Steele Rudd novels. The Laure Standard Printing Office offers titles like On Our Selection and Our New Selection, with other works from notable authors available via postage or in-store.
A historical notice records the formation of an agricultural bargaining body with key figures including W. O. Archibald Boothby G, Dankel A. Poynton, Wakefield W. H. Harvey, Barker W. H., and Sampson. The event marks organizational setup and leadership roles within the group.
A garbled OCR snippet shows misread phrases like Cheap money and Chaap beer with misspellings. It hints at a dialogue among a businessman a laborer and a sage debating health and youth, but the text is largely unreadable and fragmentary.
The document outlines Labor Party goals including White Australia policy, graduated land tax, nationalisation of monopolies, expanded federation powers, state and municipal stewardship, public debt reduction, a general insurance department, commonwealth sugar refinery, and reforms to marriage and divorce law. It cites figures like B J Roebourne? and notes initiatives and referenda.
An advertisement extols Doan's Ointment as a cure for piles with claims from Mr J Bae Moy of Tamentown and others. It asserts rapid relief from pain itching and bleeding and urges buyers to obtain genuine Doan's Ointment, priced 3/9 per pat, through local shops.
The article mentions the Mayor EW Dasean Goencillers H M Kowman and Town Clerk W H Campbell along with other officials, referencing an oath related to hostilities and a subsequent column. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear events or dates.
The Town Clerk reported an advertisement in the public focal paper and council committees ready to cooperate at the meeting. The tender of A Hannigan for 300 yards of road metal at 2 9 per yard was accepted and the council approved payment for breaking and removal. The monthly financials showed income £64 1/3 and expenditure £65 7/8 with ward pay splits listed.
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