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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment shows an advertising page with auctions offices and agency terms. Phrases reference land, mortgage, leases, bills of sale, agents and general commissions. Mentions Brock, local auctions, and Austenian Implement Company with hardware items and vehicles.
Fragmented auction note describes sale of multiple land parcels in the Hundred of Caltowie and surrounding districts. Mentions acre counts, water, cultivation potential, and prices per acre with several garbled place names and figures. Summary reflects readable fragments and probable sale terms without coherent totals.
The listing describes multiple plots and properties for sale or rent including about two acres with windmill and wall, water supply, several stone houses, kitchens and gardens. Prices range from £50 to £1,008 with weekly rent at £100 and other features such as tanks sheds verandahs and fruit gardens. Nearby amenities include bus lines and warm climate notes.
Middleton family thanks friends for sympathy and kindness after the illness and death of their son and brother. Special mentions include local church members and community figures in Wirrabara, with thanks for religious services and support.
The town of Laura approved a revised private lighting plan affecting households and businesses. Installation begins Oct 1 with a minimum monthly charge and upgraded street illumination. Local farewells included Privates Mitchell, Martin and Gordon Lehmann, while Cyril Middlemore’s death saddened residents.
Laura Corporation proposes financial notes showing expenditures and a paused payment. The council resolves to lay on the table at the next meeting a list of subsidized items and a register of dogs. A motion about a Pattiotia entertainment on Race Night is noted for consideration and funding.
The Laura Corporation held a special session to review the amended lighting proposal from Mr A H Forder. The Lighting Committee reported Forder offered to light the town and provide electricity for two years with private supply terms, aiming to cover street lighting and related needs.
A home and home rifle competition featured Wheaties and others in a September 25 meeting. Scores included 300, 60, and 804 yards with side bets and a final margin of three points. Capt Stuinbardt and team members Eldridge Shlindge Blyth Wirrabara led the win as they clinched their 17th inter club match victory.
A string of dates appears, covering October 19 to 23, November 19 to 22, December 17 to 19 and 30, and December 22, indicating a schedule of exempt nights across multiple months. The OCR fragment lacks context about event, location, or governing body.
Names and places appear in a fragmented list including Pte C Allen Booleras Wirrabara Clem Farrett Laura Thomas Buckley Richard Symons and others. The garbled text references active service and a memorial tone with numerous individuals and locales that suggest a wartime casualty record from an Australian region.
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