05 May 1917
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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 05, 1917
Page
1
Local note invites readers to submit news and particulars for publication. It promises to format submissions for the press and asks authors to write on one side of the paper, indicating openness to reports from distant areas.
Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited accepts all classes of fire risk and losses by lightning, bush and grass fires. Prompt and liberal settlement promised.
Old patent medicine ad claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup calms teething pain, soothes gums, and cures diarrhea with doses for infants from under one month to six months and up. Also promotes Clarke's Blood Mixture as a universal blood purifier for scrofula eczema and other skin or blood diseases with widespread sales claims.
Postal notice outlines daily despatches to Am. Caralulup Evansford Dunach Amherst Maryborough Ballarat Melbourne and Caralulup Evansford Amherst Mondays Wednesdays Fridays with times listed. Also includes medical ad praising Clarke's Blood Mixture claiming vast cures for scrofula scurvy eczema and blood diseases and warns against imitations.
An old advertisement style piece urges continuous action to grow and improve enterprises. It contrasts steady effort with brief attempts and promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches for throat irritation. The wording imitates 19th century marketing, linking persistence in business with health product claims.
The new penny postage rates apply to letters, postal cards, and printed matter throughout the Commonwealth. Rates cover overseas dominions, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Australia, with specific charges for letters, post cards, printed papers, books, magazines, and commercial patterns. Also included are rates for newspapers and overseas parcels to Britain and other dominions.
An OCR fragment lists numerous Australian fauna and mammals by common names and variants, including emus, kangaroos, echidnas, platypus, koalas, wallabies, various parrots, magpies, swans, pigeons, and rails, with scattered locales and misread terms. It appears as a taxonomy-like catalog with numerous misprints and overlapping terms.
The notice lists annual close seasons for various birds and fish including Californian quail, wallabies and several Macropus species, White faced storm petrels, Mud Island protected year round areas, and multiple Game Act sanctuaries under Governor in Council. It details minimum lengths and weights for species such as Barracouta, Blackfish, Crayfish, Flathead, Garfish, Mackerel, Murray Perch, Pike, Red Mullett, Rock Cod, Salmon, Snapper, Sole, and more with dates and regional notes for Victoria. It also directs obtaining full sanctuary locality information from the Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game, FISH.
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