18 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
1
A scanned directory page lists Sporting EAURA Jockey Club Limited with two annual meetings in October, Laura Football Club premiers in 1912 1913 Northern Areas Association, Laura Cricket Club, Laura Tennis Club, and Excelsior Ladies Hockey Club with officers and secretaries.
Fragmentary OCR lists the Agricultural Sogi etla s and Horticultural Society with Laura Branch Agricultural Borkat Moore Prades at Laure Town Hall Chiming J.P. Boeroiary unclear locality and date. Institutional names and places appear garbled with incomplete event details.
Lodge listings show Masonic Lodge No 23 meets Mondays, with secretary WH Campbell. Odd Fellows meet alternate Tuesdays at Lance Town Hall under secretary W T Campbell. Rechabites No 8 4.D. meet alternate Wednesdays at Laura Town Hall with WD Campbell as secretary. Foresters Moots at Laura Town Hall with secretary L E L Bentley. other details list Cox, Le Davey, and J W Kevers among names in entry.
A fragmented directory listing for Victoria County includes Burned in Sundey 1494 addresses, council members such as Mayor MG Howland and J Stuady, and officials Laura district offices. It records the Victtoria Vigilance Committee, auditors Jas Spicer and Hugh McDonald, and Local Court officials with limited jurisdiction. Also noted are institute activities, free wrestling room hours, and subscription details with names like Wm Winn and RF Cox.
Postal information for Laura Post Office detailing mail closings to Adelaide and Southern Offices, days of operation, general and savings bank hours, money order times, and Saturday recept. Rates cover within Commonwealth postage for letters, cards, printed papers, books, magazines, commercial items, newspapers, and letters to the United Kingdom and British Protectorates with various penny and halfpenny charges.
Train schedule fragment lists days Tuesday Thursday and Saturday with reference to railway timing. Reading shows duplicated lines and uncertain spellings. The readable portion indicates timetable entries for multiple days without clear times or destinations.
The article compiles rainfall figures across years with values like 3878, 16.388, and 19.900, listing averages and extremes. It notes rainfall averages for the past 96 years at 17.67 and cites record highs and lows in barometric pressure, temperature, and heat days, including January 27 1913 as hottest and June 10 12 as coldest days.
An OCR fragmented notice describes a Horton related pamphlet series by Murray Pioneer Pamphlets Pitter. It lists printing offices and locations with garbled street names and numbers, suggesting distribution through Leora Standard General Printing Office and associated addresses.
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