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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
3
For sale by breeder details of fox terrier puppies. The notice lists contact points and dates for viewings and gatherings. Mentions names and locations in a period style, with assorted times and days for meetings at a rector and other venues.
Local postings recount rain relief and community updates. Mrs. W Clowe and Mrs Keiper t return from illness and holiday. baptisms at Lana Baptist Church. deaths and marriages noted in Quorn Mercury May issue. Agricultural society delegates meet at Quok's Hotel Gladstone to discuss show entries and fees.
Fragmented report covers a May 24 talk by Rev J Dee on Home Mission Stations and a visiting piano event. Mentions Langaford’s band, Home Mission Ponds, and a reference to Rev T A Inmas linked to Western Australia. Also notes two pamphlets on Protection and Practical Legislation and Liberal Piety.
On Tuesday evening a farewell was given to Allen Campbell at the Laur t Baptist Lecture Hall. Campbell, long active in the community and a member of several groups, is moving to Kilkerran near Maitland to take a role similar to his current secretary position. The event featured tributes from church and youth groups, a bound Bible presentation, and musical selections by local performers.
The Wirkaura Gardeners Association held its regular meeting on Saturday May 12 with officers Mesara Lomman chairman A B Carus Woodlands Proman and B J Curnan present. Minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed and discussion covered apple tree issues and remedies including a response to an inquiry in Australian Rain World and advice on scarlet sp resistant practices. The secretary was instructed to write to Mr Quinn about remedies for apple trees and the meeting concluded with a note on sugar crop gardening topics.
The Adelaide office warns Royal Insurance faces no threat to reserves despite reinsurances totaling 21 100 000, claiming the balance of profits and funds reaches 21 376 456 by 1908. Royal's 1901 income nears 2 600 000 with overall funds around 19 000 000, described as unmatched in the insurance world.
A May 3 gathering at the Murraytown Hotel hosted Mr Conzane and guests with Mr Malrosay presiding as chair. The event featured speeches, songs, recitations, and a celebration of Mr Conzen and Mrs Conzen’s golden wedding anniversary. Mr Conzen sold local garden properties to S. Dunie. A reader extends a separate testimonial endorsing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for bronchitis and asthma.
May 15 1906 a social at the Tustiate Hall raises funds for Mevholivs Church Aid Society formed three years ago to enlarge its work. Lamps and lighting improvements completed at 4 vy street paid by C A Suckcy. Local notes include medical cures and product ads from S.A. Ony Etcy Cay Tevurn with various household remedies and goods.
Town notes fix of lighting on Literary route and proposed road work contracts 249 250 251 with costs per yard and per chain. Council to report back. residents complain of rubbish blowing from Import Store and a notice to force compliance.
Council notes street lighting costs at Geatal Brook and Jown Hall area. Plans include lamp pillars with generators, piping for light, and planting from School House to St Johns. Firearms in streets discussed under Police Act. other culverts to be reviewed with Ward councils.
Obverser describes a Laura Gaptisi Social and Literary Society meeting where J. Nancarrow discusses hymns and hymn writers. He traces Bible poetry from its rhythms to its influence on hymnody, noting translations, poetic forms, and the spread of hymns across languages and centuries.
A speaker recited hymns and hymnody from Stephen the Subdeacon and other sources, tracing their use in English coronations and church rites. The audience near exhaustion at the close of Monday's talk lingered as the lecturer, despite fatigue, delivered a stirring appreciation of medieval and modern sacred verses.
Community football notes detail an upcoming Lenore vs Gladstone senior match at 1 pm after emergencies. Also reported are under 14 games at Grapstone Arena and a youth contest with town boys, highlighting Gladstone’s superior form and recent player losses. Spectators are promised clear play and local-event details.
Melrose reports a welcome rain easing seedings and other field work delayed by dry weather. The town hopes the favorable moisture will continue, enabling farmers to complete planting and related tasks. continuation is promised on page 6.
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