ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

IC.H. wants to know (a) wnere the.! French cruiser Tourville is now? (b) When she will reach France? The Tourville reached Brest at the beginning of , December last. I do, not Icnow where she is now- - ■_ i SWAT inquires (a) The cost of the Arapuni dam? (b) Who gets the proflts from the phosphate works at Nauru and Ocean - Islands?—(&)> Ttte tender for £1,170,891, which was acepted for the ArapunL dam, was supplied by Messrs. Sir W. G. Armistrong and Co., Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne. ■ (b) The phosphates from these works are allocated between the Governments of ' Great Britain, Australia and' New Zearanrr, :

who purchased the rights from the Pacific Phosphaite Company. D asks, (a) What causes goitre? (b). How blackheads-can be cured, (a) Goitre is, now said to be caused by a deficiency or iodine to the' food (or in the body). This substance is' secreted normaly 'by the thyroid gland. Its failure to operate causes , the enlargement known as a "goitre." A true goitre is known by the tumour rising up and falling again in the act of swallowing. No other swelling of . the neck acts in the same way. The, means of cure would depend upon stage of development ' which, has, been reached by the goitre, (b). Apply sulphur ointment overnight, steaming: the skin in the-, morning ancl using a comedone - expressor (obtainable from chemists-): next, niglit and steaming again. For'mild cases, bathe with hot water, rub violently with a rought owel and bathe with spirits of wine.