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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
9
A reader recounts a case of a woman with extensive skin disease treated after seeing a Cuticura advertisement. The patient improved after using Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent, with rapid sleep and recovery, prompting the poster to praise the remedy and request the Cuticura Book of Treatment for skin diseases.
C W B argues a national fleet is essential for Australia, but warns ships alone may not suffice. He proposes airships as the hopeful defense, envisioning a future fleet moored near cities with battleships, transports, cruisers, and air vessels, ready to deter invasion and keep Australia secure. He urges Australians to back rapid invention and prepare for looming threats.
Continental Correspondence reports on experiments in Hamburg and Maly to harness tides for power. engineers Penn and Ravelli advance water power through moving sea forces and wave driven pumps, with luminous buoys near Elbe mouth and Busum showing practical light and bell systems.
The interlocutory decree of divorce in New York bars Mr. A G Vanderbilt from remarrying within Mrs Ellen French Vanderbilt’s lifetime. A five year escape exists if he shows a consistent record of mingling between Norfolk and Richmond in October 1906. Reports say he paid Mrs Vanderbilt a million sterling for herself and their son and will spend most time abroad after a ten year London lease.
An ornate Canton residence is erected for a wealthy American, its roof constructed with plate glass over an inch thick. A French farmer near Aubiere faces charges after attempting to poison his daughter with a toxic substance.
The Flemington sale yards present a clean orderly scene with pens of sheep sorted by race. Auctioneers and buyers operate briskly as squatters, agents, and butchers crowd in. The Meat Preserving Company backs fair prices, curbing rings and stabilizing markets even as buyers seek value.
A survey of saleyards reveals graziers mislabeling stock as prime. Buyers assess value by eye and mouth, with old sheep deemed less tender. Fat stock fetches higher prices, while a new Botany plan for tops may raise skins values. The piece urges a government sheep run to supply cheap tender meat for households.
The piece discusses Westminster Abbey's crowded state and opposition to moving monuments to create space. It lists notable memorials and their honorees from various eras, noting the Abbey’s broad criteria for commemoration and question marks over posterity’s view.
In Shoreditch County Court on May 23 a cabman testified about his injured horse, Bess, delivering a sentimental account that drew laughter. The exchange showed affection for the mare and referenced the rider’s feelings about losing her to the accident.
A fragment shows a heated exchange about erecting statues away from gardens and parks, money promises, and the risk of losing funds. The text critiques publicists focusing on material life and laments modern life’s demands limiting time to cultivate finer graces.
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