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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented notice urges Persopa to forward local news for The Laura Standant column. It praises civic effort, requests submissions by Wednesday, and emphasizes courtesy, hospitality, and trustworthy public service. It also intertwines personal conduct with town improvement.
An old ad-like fragment touts Woods' Great Permint Cure for coughs and colds as a guaranteed remedy. The text appears from a contaminated OCR segment with broken words and unclear publication details.
Names of soldiers from Wirrabara and Murray towns listed as killed at sea or died in hospital. Wounded and missing ranks noted with multiple units and locations across 1914 1916. The fragmentary roll recalls local servicemen including Pte C Allen, RH Wade, J Hackett and many others.
A roster documents volunteers who signed medical standard waivers and lists many names including Hicks Gordon Lelmann Richardson Hards Buckley Lowe Crossman McDowall Vine Shepherd Actt Kennedy and others. It notes some failed the medical standard and mentions an Honor Ball set up at Wilmington Post.
A survey of varied figures highlights scientific pursuits, vast bank cheques, gold ceremonies in China, and war ammunition totals. It notes a French scientist's long effort, Morgan's record cheque for War Loan, Madagascar cavalry claims, rainfall-linked crop values in multiple states, and the Mallet locomotive shipped to South Africa.
The article discusses Arthur Lynch, MP for West Clare, as the last man tried in England for high treason, his guilty verdict, death sentence, later commuted to penal servitude, and eventual royal pardon. It reviews treason laws from 1351 and 1848, noting acts like inciting invasion or insulting the Sovereign as treason felonies and the evolution of treason penalties.
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