Man Endures Three Years of Severe Eczema Pain
Describes a patient driven to despair as eczema swelled his hand and arm to the elbow, causing intense agony for three years. Doctors and numerous remedies failed to relieve the suffering.
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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
4
Describes a patient driven to despair as eczema swelled his hand and arm to the elbow, causing intense agony for three years. Doctors and numerous remedies failed to relieve the suffering.
A London man describes three years of painful arm eczema improving after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. He tried doctors and other remedies before trying the Cuticura regimen, noting rapid relief and lasting improvement. He, T. S. Gillard of Hetley Head Shepherd's Bush, confirms lasting benefit from the treatments.
A reader letter argues the new station worsens mail handling and passenger access despite promises and parliament approval. It questions changes from the approved plan, cites baggage and tram access issues, and suggests offering the current building to the Federal Government for use by other departments.
A spectator recounts a surfer swept by a southern bay current and rescued by Bronte lifeguards using their torpedo buoy. The injured man recovered after Dr Sylvester’s resuscitation, with bystanders praising Bronte and noting the Bronze Brigade’s response despite not competing.
St Leonard's Superior Public School Swimming Club secretary Mr W A Thompson defends the carnival against a letter by "Pater" accusing the event of exposing nude youths to icy water. He cites warm Sydney waters, night carnivals drawing over 200 entries, and community support including attendance and notices posted in local shops.
Mr. 8. M. Dennis urges remodelling of the Queen Victoria Markets into a modern General Post Office. He argues the market building with four street frontages and a spacious ground floor suits mail handling, claiming the current post office lags by a century and that design should prioritize expedition in receiving and delivering mail.
Forty two years ago on March 4 1836 Sydney residents reported loud artillery discharges. At half past six in the evening debris scattered across Bridge street and nearby parks as a large mass was blown aft and fell across Pyrmont. documents were recovered nearly a mile away.
The Town and Country Journal showcases a large Bonidl Surf Carnival crowd with 20 000 spectators on Saturday. The center pages display a grand carnival photograph highlighting Bing and Wiesovinge clubs in elaborate costumes. The issue also covers the fifth test match the last on the English tour in Sydney with a vivid snapshot in focus.
The City Council sub committee discussed suitable name and heraldic arms for Sydney. The College of Heralds proposed alterations featuring Viscount Sydney. Alderman O Sullivan favored Captain Cook arms. Discussion deferred for two weeks as Cook’s arms, granted by King George III to Cook’s widow, are noted for potential memorial placement.
A bill for £500 was picked up on Grafton wharf amid utter ruin seen from Bridge street. Molison and Black and Thompson stores lay in ruins with stone and debris strewn along George to Pitt streets. Authorities found a new chemical nitro glycerine shipment arrived by the Rameau from Liverpool and 10 percent stored in cellars beneath Molison and Blacks.
The Laxo-Tonic Pill Company offers a 7000-mile first prize tour from Sydney to multiple Pacific ports and back by Union Steamship Co. lines plus 49 other cash prizes. Entrants must submit original limericks referencing Saxo-Tonic Pills with wrappers from pill boxes. prizes decided by company manager. entries to c o Original Limerick Competition No 3 Sydney.
The Bondi Life Saving Brigade held a surf carnival at Tamarama on Saturday. The event is pictured in the current scene of the Town and Country Journal with an excellent double page picture.
Sydney readers praise Minahan Brothers boot makers located at Hunter street King street and Park street for high quality imported leather boots that keep their shape. The boots are light flexible soft and comfortable with prices starting at 13s 8d. The firm emphasizes repair services with imported leather and relies on customer recommendations. Phone 419-a.
Reports from Mount Deegan Gold Mine at Emu Plain show ore being milled from 100 ft level with 46 percent gold content and water abundance aiding wash-up. Try Again Mine reopened by Bottrell party. White Wing tributers report rich stone samples. Spion Kop shaft at 100 ft with 200 ft level crosscut in progress. A dispute between Gondra digbee Shire Ground and Binalong Town Copper Mine owners reached a compromise restricting lease to the lode line and part of granite quarry for a rock breaker under Mines Department oversight.
Mining news highlights several promising open country finds with one four figure value rumored but unconfirmed. Prospection has yielded good shows in freed country and blocks 5 and 14 see steady work, while Block 9 reveals deeper opal discovery beyond prior depths.
Since New Year little progress has occurred on Byron Bay beaches. Two or three parties near Byron Bay plan development soon though activity remains limited as the season has not risen enough. Rumor says a major company may install a large dredging plant with new gold saving appliances to treat substantial mineral pounds with reduced labor.
News reaches town that a coal seam has been struck at Waratah Gully Mount Victoria under John Hurley direction. Nine days of boring produced coal at a depth of about one hundred feet and a white shale was also pierced. The coal is described as bright tracking coal of good quality. Os terten area mining remains quiet though activity continues at the Grown Shale and Coal Mine.
About five pounds wages and around thirty men are constantly employed at the Excelsior Monument quarries. They are engaged in extracting and dispatching limestone to Sydney.
At a Marrickville Council meeting Mayor Henson outlined the nine essential tasks for the year. He urged committees to pursue repairs, purchase a steam roller, plant trees, acquire four fence axle carts for rubbish removal, and place gutter cleansing under the Health Department. He also suggested park control be discussed with the Minister for Lands and supported municipal park ownership in East Ward.
A historical notice urges cooling aids for heat via Londy’s Fluid and Candy’s Fluid for foot care and odor removal. Warns against dangerous substitutes, warns of permanganate toxicity, notes Condy’s Fluid is non poisonous and sold nationwide. Mentions Newcastle Town and Country Journal images of recent Newcastle food.
The ad extols Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a messenger of vigor for those thin or pale and nervous. It claims the remedy enriches the blood and helps digestion and liver function amid heat and fatigue, urging readers to share the cure with others.
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