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Newspaper
Kyneton Guardian
Location
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
3
Fragmentary text describes a public health notice about children and illnesses. It mentions cold prevention, safety of medicines, and a call for parental care. The readable portions reference a physician or medical product and cautions about potential dangers to children.
LIEUT. R V Moon VC, son of M Antu Moon of Toorak, inspected by a bank inspector, won the Victoria Cross in France after a long infantry service with the Light Horse. He faced superior numbers, led charges, and was wounded but continued until the objective was secured. Moon, 33, trained as a trumpeter before serving in Callivoll, went to France with the Eight Light Horse and later to England for hospital care.
The Kyneton Women’s Patriotic League led a drive for 109000 pairs of socks, urging public wool donations and personal knitting efforts. Affected districts set stake-sales and a fundraising timetable, with announcements of upcoming events and a plan to support troops through durable knitted socks.
An advertisement promotes Dr Sheldons New Discovery for coughs and colds used by mothers to keep families well. It claims cures from measles to asthma, with a testimonial of household health, then shifts to a funeral notice for Archibals with funeral arrangements in Malmsbury and unrelated hunter listings.
EYNETON HOSPITAL advertises a yardman position paying 25 per week with board responsibilities and duties details at the hospital. Also an auction sale of household furniture and a poultry fruit sale announced with a committee meeting at Temperance Hall chaired by Hugh Rawson and officers listed.
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