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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
3
Describes a six room residence with bath and washhouse on Main South Road, hot and cold water, price £750. Includes section and house on a fine site. Also offered a well fenced 70 acre block in Qata and 90 acres in Turnips with subdivision and terms for a returned soldier. Ferriman and Co conduct sale notices.
G. Wright replies to Jas Thompson’s criticisms of a Hampstead sewerage report. He defends septic tank concepts, explains microbial action, clarifies sediment entry points, and defends the Hampstead plan while deriding Thompson’s expertise and urging better references.
H M S Hawkins becomes the first British warship fitted with a barber’s shop and a crew recreation room. The advertisement touts Baxter’s Lung Preserver for coughs and colds, promising quick relief and protection for family health.
A new topical film shown on Thursday and Friday nights depicts Uss5 leaving Trieste and attacking merchant ships. It shows torpedoing and sinking with close up shots, claimed to be the most remarkable film yet. Also billed is Mabel Normand in Upstairs, a Goldwyn production.
A Sydney testimonial extols Zam-Buk antiseptic balm to prevent blood poisoning from common cuts and injuries. Mrs Yenfold recounts her son William's severe thumb wound healing after Zam-Buk use. The advertisement claims Zam-Buk cures eczema ulcers ringworm and other skin ailments sold at stores and chemists in two pot sizes.
A public health note recommends Nazol as a remedy to prevent a cold from taking hold. It suggests taking Nazol on sugar or inhaling it at intervals and claims the effects are marvellous.
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