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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 23, 1900
Page
4
A new seaweed product algin or sodium alginate, extracted from Hi hisnd seaweed, shows promise for textile sizing and dyeing mordanting. It may also thicken foods and form jelly, with potential medical use in iron alginate for anaemia and chlorosis.
Soldiers recount near fatal blows during Boers attacks near Estcourt and Ladysmith. Dublin Fusiliers lose a limb to a bell shard while a shell explosion blinds a lieutenant yet he survives. A swimmer Volunteer escapes across a river amid bullets. Lieutenant Brooke survives multiple hits and a shattered helmet after a fierce recon patrol. A Gordon Highlander, shot in the head, shows signs of life days later and begins to recover.
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