09 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
1
The London Directory lists manufacturers and dealers across goods classes and highlights export merchants, shipping routes, and colonial markets. It serves as a complete commercial guide to Tymdin and its allars, detailing steamship lines and the global network of manufacturers and traders.
Directory item lists Laura Corporation in County Victoria and Stanley district with council members, officers, and meeting dates. Includes Local Court officials, Vigilance Committee, Institute readings, library staff, and subscription details in a condensed regional record.
Sporting notes from the Laura area list several clubs and officers including Laura Jockey Club Limited with Wm Wilton as secretary, Laura Football Club Premier in Flinders and Northern associations, Laura Cricket Club with A G Welling as president, Laura Tennis Club led by 4G Rowland, and Excelsior Ladies Hockey Club secretary Ray Buloe, plus multiple trustees and monthly/event references.
Records show the Boooyalie Agricultural Society incorporated with a new grounds beside Krulway Station. The society holds shows in spring and autumn, with officers JF Roenafeldt as president and C Baleiend as secretary, while Laura Branch Agricultural Bureau engages with Laura Town Hall on or before the ful moon.
A fragmented local notice lists LODGES AREAS MASONIC LODE NO 23 with secretaries named Meera Campbell and Laura Town Hall, and RECHABITAS with alternate Wednesday meetings. FORESTERS are noted meeting monthly at Laura Town Hall with Tibandas as secretary, plus several contact names and towns.
General information lists post office hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for general business, with Adelaide and Southern Office mails closing 10 15 p.m. Thursdays and 1 15 p.m. Mondays for certain routes. It covers money orders, display of banking hours, and postage rates within the Commonwealth, noting Australia printed books and various rates per ounce.
A clipped weather record lists averages and rainfall figures for years from 1840 to 1975. It notes the lowest barometric pressure on December 22 at 2 p.m. and cites a cold period around June 10 and July 1. The text is garbled with several illegible phrases.
The Murray Pioneer advertises pamphlets on a list of topics including Rams Dagora ov Wer Waarnee and Vine Faurr axp Veneranuts Pro ction Act. It mentions taxes and costs, with printing by R. J. Rose at Blandhard General Printing in Jonbart Street, Laure.
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