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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1914
Page
2
Property details describe 819 acres freehold near Tumpy Bay with abundant water and lucerne potential, plus 80 to 100 acres cultivated and patches of terrain. Garden plots include 96.26 acres at Laura with apples pears peaches vines and a new four room house, drying sheds, and prices listed with cash and terms.
Property listing describes several houses from nine to four rooms with land up to about 2 acres. Features include sheds, a windmill and well, stone and brick outbuildings, a fowl house, a fruit garden with trees and vines, and both cement verandah and vegetable plots. Describes tanks, a pony tank, and proximity to property, suggesting a comfortable, affordable rural home sale.
Reports list Danald Theile of Laura attached to the Engineers as a sapper bound for Europe with a dispatch carrying motor cycle. J O Windebenk of Laure secures a vermin proof fence contract near Broken Hill. F L Bantley enlists Venables and Piper for the work. Miss Campbell injured in a horse accident near Banday School and a young accompanying girl. A Bosgoolie Agricultural Society meeting to pass prize lists at Lugra Town Hall tomorrow afternoon.
After a long wait the northern districts receive copious rain. The fall is expected to benefit crops and gardens, with wheat and hay crops holding up well. Rainfall totals up to 8:30 p.m. Friday October 18 are recorded at local stations.
Tenders close at noon Friday October 23 for making 44 chains of road on Garden Street or alternate bids for supplying stone breaking and forming. Specifications available at the corporation office. No tender necessarily accepted.
Unclear text indicates a fund to alleviate distress from wartime, with Laura and BooYoolie Patri as key figures. Describes distribution through an administrator and entrusted duties to support sufferers during the conflict.
A fragmentary notice seeks return of a tree puller tools and warns action by Pelios H J Keipert and Laura. A separate WASTED- a capable girl about sixteen is sought to assist work with Box 29. Apply Box 29 Gindstone P O.
Thanksgiving service announced for 11 p.m. led by Rev. O. G. Carvasso with a subsequent program of that evening by Mr. Bundey.
A brief district item reports a Friday sighting at the Ins ip Institute with minimal readable details. The fragment hints at an event or observation but provides no clear names, places, or outcomes.
Weather remains unsettled with light rain and forecasts of heavier fall not yet recorded. Farmers report good oat hay south of town and in the forest area, while elsewhere conditions are poor. The Wirrabara Boy's League sees a new instructor Mr Barbary as Mr Rose’s absence is felt. Golf contest and cricket club reorganized with leaders named. drought may hinder a local association. Railway work advances from Booleroo Centre to timing with embankments and culverts underway, aiming to connect Booleroo Centre and Melrose amid flood risks and long-term construction.
A notice posted at the Leura Post Office states local postal arrangements will change on and after Monday next September 14 due to a reduction.
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