08 May 1907
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
1
A scientific magazine notes human skin can be tanned to make durable leather resembling dog or pig skin. Articles include a white saddle, instrument-case covers, purses, belts, and book covers from amputated limbs. Tanned scalps with hair can form durable wigs. tanning uses alum and preserves tattooed designs.
A historical essay argues that advanced nations decline after overcivilisation leads to peace, wealth, and fading civic virtue. It cites Gustave le Bon on losing public duty and rising barbarian tides, with science eroding religious authority and morality. Latin nations face waning initiative, family breakdown, and growing self interest.
An old advertisement explains Zam Buk Soap as a skin antiseptic and germicide. It claims soaps dry skin and enable germ invasion, then touts Zam-Buk as protecting, cleansing, and softening skin while delivering medicines into pores for protection against disease germs. It promotes purchase through chemists or direct from Zam Buk Medic, Sydney.
Recounted episodes from the 1798 uprising include a drum boy refusing rebels and breaking his drum heads. Sir Charles Napier and Winston Churchill anecdotes highlight daring, discipline, and wit. The Cameron Highlanders resist drafting in 1796 and a Highlander shields a French general at Vimiera. A beehive caper amuses Wellington, and Corporal M Kay saves a French officer at Vimiera earning a gold medal for honesty.
A New Zealand tourist laments poor provisioning on the Wanganui River trip en route to Rotorua. Mr Lamley Hill criticizes canned beef and roasts on the houseboat, notes high charges, and urges tourists to bring provisions, claiming long experience as a colonist.
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