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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
2
The treasurer Mr J H Jessup reported receipts since the last meeting of £15 with a balance of £105. Accounts totaling £12 15s 11d were presented for payment before the council adjourned.
The local branch notes new monthly subscribers added to collectors lists and that Talbot district work enables a full package to be forwarded after each meeting. A donation of £7 0s 4d from Daisy Hill supports fund efforts, with thanks given to Daisy Hill workers. Buttons sold on Anzac Day by junior helpers. An American Tea, proposed by Lady Peacock, is planned for June.
Council met Monday to accept lowest tenders on several contracts including forming gravelling and road works at Norbury Lane Amberat Avoca Clunes and Glengower roads. Tenders from D Waller Weilandt Schulz Nicholson Bros W Vincent AG Horde and others are listed with prices and contract numbers.
Mrs Mary Bennett of Borills street Emerald Queensland asserts satisfaction with Morse's Indian Root Pills for biliousness after friend recommendation. She says she is fifty two, a mother of thirteen, and a resident of Emerald. she desires public publication.
An advertisement touts Clarke's Blood Purifier as a universal remedy for scrofula scurvy eczema bad legs skin and blood diseases. It cites testimonials from a doctor promising it cleanses the blood and a curb for constitutional discharges and kidney pain. Sold everywhere at 28 9d per bottle with warnings about imitations.
The Amherst District Hospital board lists officers Mosare Dowding as president Salmon as vice president Henderson Philippi Chalmern Matthews Hemmerde as treasurer and Ina Dr Cunningham as house surgeon with Winecombe absent. Correspondence covers a £17 16s from Landsborough Band for hospital Sundays, funds handling for naval and military cases, and other donations and requests. Reports detail inpatients and outpatients, admissions from various areas, and a quarterly financial and procurement review, with repairs and allowances approved and a visiting committee named.
Ballarat prices show wheat for bread making at 459d per bushel and fowls feed at 5s per unit. Prime factory butter ranges with lump at 1s 4d and separator at 4d. Barley prime 3s 2d to 1s Sd. oats and bran also listed with varied figures. Hay and chaff noted with ranges up to 5s 10d and 3s 5d respectively. Potatoes up to 6 pounds.
An itemized catalog lists wristlet watches and related accessories with various prices and notations such as military style watches, belt links, boxes, and display items. Entries include price markers like 12 01 17s Bd and 128 fd, and references to gloves, sashes, and mounting parts.
Sunday services listed for St Michael's Eng land with Holy Communion at 1 am and Evensong at 7 pm. Daily preacher assignments and town details included. tender notices ask suppliers to bid for oats and chaff with delivery terms and closing date May 10 1916.
Seed wheat offered for private sale promising high yields up to twelve bags per acre, seller listed as Mr E Wyatt of Talbot. Also notice of land transfer applications in Bourke region with details of Crown allotments, boundaries, and court-ordered advertisement in Talbot Leader dated March 23, 1916.
Advertisement notes a comfortable cottage for rent with ample space and practical layout. Lays out terms in brief phrase, signaling accessible occupancy and a nearby area reference for prospective tenants.
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