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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1939
Page
3
Ancient witchcraft ideas persist in modern cures as venom from snakes and bees, liver iron, and animal-derived antitoxins are used to treat ailments. Notable claims include adrenalin from oxen and frogs, insulin from sheep pancreas, and maggots aiding wound healing, while mice control methods describe practical traps.
In Invercargill a farmer uses an alarm clock in the dog’s kennel to signal the dog to fetch cows for milking. The dog now responds to the clock alone, letting the farmer sleep as cows are already in the yard when he rises, per the Australian Dairy Review.
D 1 McDonald F B C A Honours F S M C London of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Opticians and Optometrists will attend at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester on Friday March 17 from 9 am to 5 pm for consultations.
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