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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
3
A near miss occurred Monday at Clanes railway station as the 6:30 p.m. Maryborough mixed train faced a head on approach from a special goods train on the same line. Signals against the special and brakes failed led to a delayed Maryborough train and a tense avoidance of a collision.
A new body named the Countryspitals Associa te of Wietiria was formed with representatives from 40 hospitals at Theil Milyausa. Mr R J Pincham presided, elected president was R J Fincham with vice presidents S H McGowan and V T Graham and J A Jessup as treasurer. An executive and rules were to be drawn up for government submission.
An unfinished catalog of home remedies and patent medicines touts hot water with magnesia and various tonics as cures for stomach pain, deafness, head noises, and bronchial issues. Advertised products include Orlene and Brown's Bronchial Troches, with testimonials and instructions for ordering from a Surrey company and a London depot.
Mrs Philippi wife of Mr Frederick Philippi of Talbot Flat died suddenly between six and seven on Saturday evening while en route to meet her daughter at the Walbot station. Coroner Mr P. H. Vy Elliget found death from heart failure after evidence from Dr Cunningham and Constable Gray. Funeral held Monday at Amherst Cemetery with Odd Fellows pallbearers.
In a House of Representatives speech Mr E Jowett pleads to clear eucalyptus oil from priority export delays. He notes six months of no shipping space threatens distilleries in Victoria and warns workers may lose their livelihoods without government action to push the oil onto the priority list or secure urgent export.
Talbot residents contributed to the Caulfield and other military hospital appeal sending items to Montague depot. The list includes coffee, cornflour, tea, biscuits, preserved fruit, jam, cigarettes, cocoa, honey, vegetables, fowls, jelly crystals, soap, and more. Amherst State school’s requested list adds sugar, honey, soap, cocoa, fruit crystals, and other provisions.
A call to join the Talbot War Savings Group urges townsmen to help build the fund, promises progress reports on competition with the neighboring Timor group, and outlines reasons to save and invest with the government for wartime security and local welfare.
Testimony from Melbourne chemist Mr De Bavay in the Supreme Court of Victoria extols Sanders Extract as superior to rival eucalyptus products and Clarke's World famed Blood Mixture as a universal cleanser. Claims include antiseptic, healing powers, and wide cures from scrofula to kidney disorders with warnings about imitations and wide distribution.
An old nostrum ad promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhea, claims blood purification with Clarke’s Blood Mixture, and touts widespread cures for scrofula eczema pimples and sores. It lists dosage for infants and warns against imitation products.
Fragmentary OCR lists Sunday services at St Michael's Church Talbot including Whit Sunday morning Evensong and evening prayers. Mentions Conway D. Origan Th. L. May date appears garbled.
Sunday 26th May details a schedule of services at multiple churches led by Rev A Coates and Mr Harvey. AMBERST and RED LION list times across venues with 7 pm and 3 pm sessions including Caralulup and Majorca.
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