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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
1
We welcome reader reports from all parts, especially outlying areas, and will prepare them for the press. Please write on one side of the paper and address to the Editor Lea der Talbot, sending promptly for publication.
Commercial Union announces acceptance of all classes of wire risks at new rates. The company offers prompt and liberal settlement of claims for losses caused by lightning, bushfires, and storms, highlighting immediate coverage and favorable terms for policyholders.
An old nurse product claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup eases teething pain and soothes gums for children small and large. Directions list dosing by age, with repeated doses for diarrhoea, and promotion of blood purifying mixtures for scrofula eczema and skin diseases. Sold widely with cautions against imitation tonics.
Notices alters daily despatch and reception routes for Tal Bot mails from May 8 1916. It lists destinations Daisy Hill Dunach Amherst Caralump Evasaford Meryborough and Melbourne mail on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. It condemns disease misleading claims and promotes Clarke's Blood Mixture with prices and warnings about imitations.
The article lists new penny postage rates for letters and other mail items across expeditionary forces in Egypt and Papua, Australasia, and overseas dominions. It specifies weights and charges for letters, cards, printed papers, books, magazines, and newspapers, including rates to New Zealand Fiji and British Solomon Islands.
An advertisement extols advertising for reviving and growing enterprises and urges continual effort. It cites Brown's Bronchial Troches as an effective relief for throat irritation and hoarseness, marketed as government stamped. Prepared by John Brown and Sons, with European depot in England.
The document lists close seasons and exclusions for a wide range of wildlife in national parks and public lands, detailing birds, mammals, and fish. It specifies dates like May to October for quail and wallaby seasons, notes on Mud Island, Port Phillip Bay, and the River Yarra, plus minimum lengths for fish such as Gippsland Perch and Murray Cod.
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