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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
1
Readers are invited to send timely news from distant areas and outlying parts. Submit full particulars to the Editor Talbot and we will format for publication if needed.
Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited notes accepted classes of fire at current lowest rates. Coverage includes losses from lightning, bush and gross fire.
Advertising old remedy claims to soothe teething pain and ease colic in infants. Promotes Mrs Winslow’s Syrup and Blood Mixture for numerous ailments with claims of cures and universal sale. Warns against imitations and touts wide distribution and pricing.
The notice sets daily despatch and receipt times at the focal post office beginning May 8 1916 with limited routes to Daisy Hill Careful a vanaord Ballarat on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and outlines health claims for Clarke's Blood Mixture. It then lists new postal rates for parcels letters post cards and printed matter for domestic Commonwealth and overseas mail including New Zealand Fiji Solomon Islands and United Kingdom routes with several per ounce and per item charges.
An old advertisement promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches as a remedy for throat irritation and hacking coughs. It claims the lozenges give quick relief from minor colds and bronchial discomfort before progressing to serious lung issues, noting government stamps on boxes and listing John Brown and Sons as the maker with a European depot in London.
The notice lists numerous birds mammals and fish with seasonal and regional rules. It names kangaroos koalas quail and various parrots as protected or regulated, and sets dates for hunting and fishing seasons including crayfish English Road trout Gippsland and Murray Perch with minimum sizes. It cites Governor in Council approvals and regional boundaries in Victoria including Mount Franklin Glenlyon Ballarat Kyneton Mud Island and Port Phillip Bay.
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