06 Oct 1916
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
1
An Adelaide advertisement promotes a lubrication product lauded for uniform quality and a claim that it never clogs or gums. The brief promo underscores consistent performance and reliability for machinery and engines.
Readers see a commercial guide to London and suburbs with listings for manufacturers and dealers. It notes the XFORT MERCHANTS SPORTING CLUBs leadership, confirmations of football and tennis clubs, and club officers including presidents and secretaries for Laura Football Club Laura Cricket Club Laura Tennis Club and Excelsior Ladies Hockey Club with dates and governance details.
Directory listing Laura Corporation and Booyool District Council details with officers such as mayor H G Rowland town clerk H Campbell and auditors Spicer and McDonald. Also notes Local Court officers and Victorian Vigilance Committee schedules, Institute Reading Room hours, and library arrangements with names including J Spicer and W Holawn.
Agricultural societies announce meetings at new show grounds beside Radway Station. Laura branch holds sessions on or before the full moon Fridays at Laura Town Hall with Chairman J.P. Hose as secretary and local leaders guiding the events.
Local fraternal orders list meeting nights around full moons and monthly dates. Masonry Lodge No 23 meets on or before the full moon, Odd Fellows M A meets alternate Tuesdays, Rechabites 4 D meets Wednesdays, Foresters meet the first Monday, with secretary contacts WH Campbell and Laura Town Hall listed. Neighborhood relay and telephone exchange notes appear after.
General hours listed for Adelaide and off ices include Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday slots. Springs Bank hours and money order times noted. Postage rates shown for letters cards printed papers and parts of volumes with various d rates. references to Australia and United Kingdom postal jurisdictions.
Local railway timetable snippets indicate upcoming services on Tusedeye and surrounding routes. Noted are schedule gaps and intended departures for Thursday and Saturday slots, with minor variances likely due to maintenance or regional adjustments.
The record lists yearly weather and rainfall figures from 1878 to 1918 with averages and extremes. It notes the hottest day of 1913 January 27 and the coldest days on June 1 and July 13, plus other dated entries and average rainfall values across decades.
Ambiguous fragmentary OCR notes refer to Murray Pioneer pamphlets, general printing office authority, various names and dates, and a price line. Readers cannot extract a coherent event or outcome beyond references to pamphlets posted and price mentions.
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