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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
2
RooB ChuiLet and Ramily Meesi receive messages of sympathy after a sudden bereavement. The community extends condolences to Mrs Wo Whittaker and Mrs J Jones in their time of loss.
On Tuesday at the Talbot Town Hall a reception will honor Private G Limb invalided home after being wounded. The event includes presenting gold medals to soldiers. a list of 13 front or England soldiers, plus others at camp or returning, is shown in J Henderson's window. Also reported are library grant totals for the Maryborough electorate totaling 31 pounds 9 shillings 4 pence.
Mr W H Ladd of Talbot suffered a left knee fracture after a horse bolted the cart on a hill and he was taken to Amherst Hospital. Local affairs include stinkwort digging at Hard Hill, shire council talks on landowner duties, hospital tenders, and upcoming ordination in Maryborough. Ballarat livestock prices and drought-era farming insights appear amid council notices and planned services.
At the Lexton Branch A N A half yearly meeting officers were installed with ex president R E Simpkin, president L J Rarsome, vice president J Roxburgh, treasurer T Smith, secretary Win Simpkin, assistant secretary H Warren and a committee including Murphy Karslake Ransome Hedge and Hinchliffe. Rainfall for May at Lexton reached 419 points, year to date 987, vs 797 in 1917. Thomas Smith of Loxton reported 65 sheep worked by dogs on Wednesday, with total losses not yet known. Theewes are at the point of h emptying and dogs are said to belong to someone nearby.
Proceedings from Amherst District Hospital meeting include reports from the house surgeon and secretary, appointments, and requests for leave. Officers Dowding Salmon Jessup Henderson Long Chalmers and De Cunningham present. A subcommittee was formed to review Country Hospitals Association input.
Cre Coutts presided as council members debated public works vouchers for Clunes and Glengower road works, delays in Lillicur correspondence, telephone delays at Talbot post office, and court summons from the Arbitration Court. Extensions granted on several road contracts amid weather delays, plus cooperation requests on tax, insurance, and soldier veterans issues.
A vintage advertisement promotes chewable Pep tablets for children's coughs and throat troubles, claiming safe, fast relief with no opium or harsh drugs. It touts dissolvable formulae delivering medicinal fumes to lungs, urging mothers to prescribe Pep tablets at first sign of any cough. Also advertises Orlene head relief product with testimonials and ordering details from Sydney and Croydon England.
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