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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
4
Recruits wanted with enlistment conditions and medical exam process described. It lists pay rates per day and separation allowances. Ranks include Lieutenant Sergeant Corporal Private with annual pension figures for officers and noncoms.
Advertised medicine claims to cure bronchitis cough croup asthma and related throat irritation. It asserts quick, complete cures when taken at onset and recommends use for preventing chronic cough and consumption with strong claims and broad sales by chemists and medicine venders.
Partial readable text notes rates for an event named Excmaxon dated 9 and mentions Hart SARSAGE and death. No coherent details on location or full schedule.
The article praises the Young Men’s Christian Association for aiding soldiers in training camps and on front lines. It notes depots provide home life, social activities, and correspondence services, and calls for public financial support with contact at Bearstory YMCA Flinders St Melbourne to obtain a free booklet and contribute.
The act imposing motor vehicle taxes comes into force on March 81. It lists tax brackets by horsepower such as over 96, 58 hp, and over 40 but not over 60. Rates vary by category and vehicle use, with reductions for certain powered vehicles and provisions about horsepower determined by motor vehicle propulsion.
Parcel guidance for delivery to troops under the Austr Imperial Expeditionary Force. Emphasizes careful packing shaping to oval, padding with savin, waterproof wrapping, strong external coverings with indelible labeling, avoiding wood boxes with square lids, and excluding perishables or soft items.
A Gladstone woman describes a long backache and kidney trouble improving after taking Boan's Backache Kidney Pills. She notes sleep returns and mobility restores, crediting the remedy after years of discomfort. Several testimonials appear, including claims of lasting relief.
The service reports widespread postal confusion from inadequate addresses on envelopes. Persons use mismatched names and c/o lines, risking misdelivery. Readers are urged to ensure correct military unit designations and addresses and to reject improperly packed parcels or forward them with proper packing guidance.
Booyoolis District Council notes read and confirmed minutes of ordinary and special meetings. Completed resurfacing of 74 chains of main road on Stones Hay and Calowis road. silt removal urged to prevent washouts in heavy rains. various tenders for road works listed with names and amounts. water supply committee visited site and authorized temporary ford works. financial statements show small expenditures and payments approved.
An odd report notes a surgeon keeping an extended body part as a curiosity. The account suggests a controversial approach to a successful operation and its perceived acceptability.
A juristic debate on whether a bullet recovered from a wounded soldier is ownerless state property or belonging to the enemy. Some scholars contend no one owns it once fired, others argue it remains the enemy’s or claims by the soldier or surgeon. The discussion sparked wide legal interventions and disputes.
The fragment lists night driving restrictions by dates and months for several regions or entities including Angus and Peasle. It enumerates sequences like June and July days with varying numbers, suggesting a historic timetable or ordinance on when lights were required on vehicles. Specific places and full context are unclear.
Press notice invites residents to send news items for The Laure Standard. Readers may submit notices during Watney Wednesday through Thursday. Notices to be posted at the Laws office in Tanford.
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