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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 28, 1914
Page
1
Fragmented text appears to reference registered G P O entry M No 7002 with unclear details and potential cataloging notes, lacking identifiable names, places, or event context. The readable portion provides no clear news item or public notice to summarize.
Revised by J M Semmens outlines protected Australian fauna across regions and seasons, listing species from cranes and kangaroos to quail and shorebirds with note on sanctuaries under the Game Act. It includes fishing rules and minimum weights for common fish and penalties for poaching.
Advertisement claims a medicine quickly heals bronchitis cough croup asthma hoarseness and chest pain. It asserts it stops colds from turning chronic and prevents consumption when used early, stating a dose or two suffices for a complete cure.
The Victorian branch reports 306 branches and about 5000 workers in its council, with over 40,000 members enrolled last year. It highlights education meetings, a 100,000 leaflet distribution, and opposition to sectarian teaching in public schools, plus a Catholic immigration bureau and collaborations with non Catholic groups. The year ends with a credit balance of £1026 11s 4d.
Mrs M Johnson of Wellington NZ praises Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets for curing her three year old girl of severe worm infestation. She details rapid improvement after starting treatment and castor oil, with no recurrence. Sold by chemists and stores, 28 d per packet, post paid from The W H Comstock Co Ltd Sydney.
A public appeal invites readers to send news from outlying areas and details for press use. It asks writers to address letters to the Editor at Talbot and to write on one side of the paper, sending promptly.
Postal authorities publish new rates covering letters at 1d per 2 oz in Commonwealth and Papua, 1d per oz for overseas dominions, and reduced charges for reply post cards, printed papers, books, magazines, and commercial samples. Rates set for New Zealand Fiji and Solomon Islands include 1d per oz letters and 1d per 2 oz printed papers.
Readable lines show mail closing times for several towns including Daisy OClunes Creswick Melbourne and Amherst Evansford Caralulup with varying schedules. Mondays Wednesdays appear as operating notes.
The ad extols Clarke's Blood Mixture as boosting health through purging waste from blood and preventing organic disease. It claims benefits from increased blood quality, cites conditions like scrofula scurvy eczema bad legs skin and blood diseases and touts "thousands of wonderful cures" with warnings against imitation purchases.
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