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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
2
A brief notice shows prepaid advertisement rates or listings with placeholder text. The fragment mentions cheap prepaid ads and includes an 18 pA marker, suggesting pricing or pagination. The readable portion is limited and lacks clear event or entity details.
A fragmented listing names entities including Ford Motor Cara Gauldia Tyree and Wheab along with oils wires iron and farm requisites. The item reads like a trade or procurement notice referencing suppliers and materials.
Nominations open at the District Office Melrose until Saturday June 10 1916 for council seats at Wonggarra Booleroo Willowie Yerrowie and district. Retiring members eligible for re election. If oversubscribed, further proceedings adjourned to July 1 1916 with ballot election and due notice.
Nomination at the district office closes at noon on Saturday June 19 1918 for the election of three councillors to fill vacancies caused by retirements in East South and North Wards and one auditor Jas Spicer J.P. all retiring. If nominations exceed the required number further proceedings will be notified. Won Camp Sells turning Officer.
District Council of Booyoolie invites tenders by noon Saturday June 10 for multiple road works including sealing metal and road construction on Laura Gladstone Laura Caltowie Main North West roads. Specifications at district office. Tender forms and particulars available. not necessarily the lowest tender accepted. W H Campbell, Clerk.
An obituary fragment noting the death of Winter in August 1915 at Laura June and a personal tribute from his wife and child. The passage vows ongoing thoughts of him and a goodbye before his eye closed.
A church notice lists morning worship at 11 am with Rev. A. H. Hazlet and evening service at 7 pm with Rev. C. G. Carvonso outlining weekly schedule and preacher assignments.
The Rev. Percy T. Wood, formerly of Laure now at Boesthaloyn, has been notified by military authorities of appointment as a continuous service chaplain and will leave for the front. Measrs Angas & Robertson Ltd report strong sales of The Sentimental Bloke, with over a thousand copies weekly since publication. a Leura monthly meeting heard a paper on The and Breaks of the Horse by H. Bidner.
Tenders will be received at Boon on Tuesday in June for carting 50 yards of rail. No other details provided in readable text.
The fragmentary report covers land auction details near Wirrabara from the Pastoral Association liquidation and a stock depot, with references to weekend sermons, lectures, and dances. It notes a patriotic band accident, a missing man, and community gatherings, all amid scattered names and places.
Fragmentary lines mention Laura Corporation Wes Holste and W HO 2eed Setvader with references to Dr Adams and a reboot. The text shows garbled names and phrases about a box, a future question, and a chemist. No clear event or outcome is identifiable.
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