15 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
1
Directory style listing shows council and public offices with names such as Laura Corporation Meotsalter and M G Howland. It covers district council, local court, vigilance committee, and free reading room with hours and contact cues.
A complete commercial guide to land and suburbs lists SNPORT MERCHANTS with the goods they ship and the foreign markets they supply. A copy of the current edition will be forwarded on receipt of a postal order for 200.
Sporting notes include Laura jockey club limited with officers Becretarien Jan Spicot and Mugh McDowall. a Monday race meet and football cylinder mentions. Football Association 1913 and Northern Area Association 1914 list Roy Rowen as President and TP as secretary. Laura Tennis Club records show BG Rowland as secretary and 1 M Bulls. Excelsior Ladies' Bucket Lum with Hoy Fuller as secretary.
Agricultural societies item notes new show grounds beside Hatway Station. Mentions spring tool fair in September and an Antama Shue event in March. References include President Ruensfeldt and Secretary Felatend along with Laura Brandt in Louisiana.
Mason Lodge No 23 holds meetings Mondays and Wednesdays at Laure Town Mall and Town Hall with secretary W H Campbell. Recharites and Foresters schedules listed, with monthly first meetings and local officers named.
Mails for Adelaide and Southern Offices close at 10 16 a m on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. 9 45 am Mondays Wednesdays and Booleroo and intermediate offices at 3 pm Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Office hours include Money Order from 9 am. Details are partially legible with references to local routes and services.
Readable lines note rainfall over past 36 hours and scattered railway references. The fragment mentions dates December 23 and January 27 1913, with unclear places and numbers. Entities include Goldens and Je Mibaad tah, but many details are garbled.
A garbled OCR listing pamphlets with numbered items and vague product notes. Mentions Perr and informal price hints. The text references a printing street and a general posting, with unclear details and multiple misspellings.
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