19 Nov 1915
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 19, 1915
Page
1
A fragmented listing intended as a complete commercial guide to London suppliers and export merchants. Names such as Laura Telephone Exchange and various initials appear amid scattered entries describing goods, colonial and foreign supply, and referenced traders. The text is garbled with incomplete names and unclear items.
Directory for County Victoris Stanley Electors District lists Laura Corporation Rowland Sunulan Bundy Newman Melman Moody Stephaed town clerk and auditors Jas Spicer Hugh McDonald. District council officers and local court officers included with monthly meeting notes and duties. Institute offers free reading room hours. subscriptions ten per annum. Committees meet midweek with librarian and treasurer noted.
A fragment lists presidents and secretaries of multiple Laura clubs including Laura Jockey Club President William Wilson Laura Footwall Club Premier Flinders Football Association 1913 Laura Cricket Club President F L Buntley secretary A U Wellington Laura Tennis Club President Rowland secretary JM Bulle and Excelsior Ladies Hockey Club secretary Huy Fuller in a sporting notices section.
Railway time table notices show mails closing days Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Office hours list general business until 6 pm at Adelaide and Southern services with varying morning openings. Postage rates for letters printed papers and books are partially detailed for Commonwealth and Australia outputs.
The record lists historical rainfall and temperature figures from Laure, including averages and notable extremes. It notes past 38 years of tests with average pressure readings and describes hottest and coldest days in specific years, alongside miscellaneous coded data.
Fragmentary OCR shows the Laura Branch Agricultural Bureau meeting notice from the Lacre area. It lists officers J F Rowunteldt president and C Kelatead secretary with a September near the spring show reference and a Friday meeting date at the town hall.
Fragmentary OCR notes show details of Lodge activities with names such as Campbell and Laur e Campbell. References to officers and meetings are scattered, unclear, and require clarification from the original page.
Special Note Fruitgrowers announces pamphlets by a horticultural authority. The leaflet lists topics such as vine culture, deer control, tax issues, pricing and procurement. Printed by The Laven and Sons General Printing in Lancashire, England.
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