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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
1
An old newspaper ad promotes Mia Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children, detailing dosing by age and claiming relief from teething pain, diarrhea, and related ailments. It touts universal sales, claims safety, and references a famed Hibod Mixture with a long list of supposed cures.
Mail arrivals and closing times listed for Talbot Post Office and towns including Clunes Creswick Tourelle Ballarat Melbourne Maryborough Castlemaine Amherst Evansford Caralulup Dunach and others. Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays show specific mail days with noted arrival and closure times at multiple depots.
Government notice outlines new penny postage and inland rates for letters cards newspapers and printed matter. Rates apply to Australia New Zealand the Islands and British Oversea Dominions with specific charges for letters postcards magazines and books.
The ad describes how ads and persistent effort enlarge new and old businesses, revive dull ones, rescue lost ventures, and secure success. It urges continual growth through ongoing promotion and talking up products, noting that one step or one word is not enough. The text also references Browns Bronchial Troches and a European Depot, implying an advertisement chain.
The article lists close seasons and sanctuary rules for native game and birds across Victoria. It enumerates species in categories, with dates for fishing and hunting bans, sanctuary areas, and minimum lengths for fish. It mentions specific locales and seasonal windows from May to November and year‑round protections in designated sanctuaries.
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