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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
2
Ford Boyes and Faint announce new lines including Wiis and wana Farm Requisites at Azra Implement Company. The item list indicates expansion in farming gear and gaming accessories for local customers.
The retiring councilors of Puct Germein District Council are reelected unopposed. Only South Ward for Boogoolie District Council shows a contested race with J Klemm facing W Higgins and 7. Bincks. W R Hicks is nominated and expected to contest. A Gallipoli Commemoration piece notes the Augso Souvenir from Adelaide with proceeds aiding soldiers. Moonte Agricultural Society seeks thrift at an adjourned meeting after a debt balance of 170 remains without government grant.
A notice states that on Friday next June 30 at 1 pm Mr L Bundey will conduct a sale of household furniture and effects at Laura under instructions from Mr Comnardy who is leaving Laura. The sale starts at 1 pm.
The Wirrabars district held its annual meeting on June 14. Mrs. H. G. Middleton reported twelve months of work completing 150 pairs of woolen items 1 face-washer 7 pal mate caps and 5 pale oe tienes to be sent to soldiers in service or camp. A cash balance of £110 has been donated to the Wounded Soldiers Fund and £1 was given for slicculatere. Last year’s office-holders were re-elected, with Eve Soetine Tad Racers noted. Forty-nine knitting afternoons were held this year and membership stands at 20.
Challinger J P of Melrose has been a candidate for Wongarra Ward in the Port Gormein District Council. Born in Sheffield in 1841 he migrated to Australia in 1852 and worked in Melbourne then bullock driving near Hackham. He later did outdoor work and farming in Auburn and ran a bullock team shipping ore and coal, with early railway work from Burra to Gawler.
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