29 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1915
Page
1
A brief note outlines manufacturers and dealers within each class of goods, detailing commercial bodies and export merchants. It references the goods shipped and the colonial and foreign markets those firms supply.
Directory fragment lists Laura Corporation meeting details District of Stanley Victoria 1434 miles north of Adelaide and Laura area governance. Includes names W H Campbell auditore Jas Spoor Hugh McDonald Bootooulia District Council officers and councilors clerk and auditors. Also Local Court and Vigilance Committee details and Institute reading room hours with secretary and treasurer names.
Sporting item lists Laura Jockry Club officers and regular race meetings in October. Laura Football Club premiers in Flinders and Northern Press associations. Laura Cricket and Tennis clubs named officers. Excelsior Ladies Hockey Club secretary listed.
Railway 71008 notice lists office hours for General business Savings Bank Money Order and postage rates within the Commonwealth. It mentions daily and midweek schedules with Tuesday Thursday and Saturday openings and prorated times for different services.
A weather snippet records rainfall totals and temperatures. Observations cover recent 24 hour and longer spans, noting hottest day and long term averages. The legible data reference locations and dates with numerical values for rainfall, temperatures, and related conditions.
The Booxoolie Agricultural Horticultural and Floricultural Society holds its autumn show at the new show grounds beside the railway station this September. Laura Branch Agricultural Bureau schedules a meeting at Laura Town Hall with Chairman E G Bleeding and Secretary Hd Rove LP.
OCR text lists lodge groups and secretaries with scattered locations and meeting hints. Mentions Laure Town Mall, Odd Fellows, Foresters, and a Laura Telephone Exchange contact, but many names and details are garbled.
Special note from fruitgrowers references a Murray Pioneer pamphlet with garbled text on tax and printing terms. The readable content shows scattered names and phrases about taxes and printing, suggesting a provincial or local notice context without clear events or dates.
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