In the Middle Ages, tho best treatment for a "black eye," we are assured, was a ooultice made with the blood of a tortoise. Serpent's skin steeped in vinegar and applied to the aching tooth would atop the pain, .while nervous patients were advised to try a concootion of eagle's brains. Frif ht could be cured by taking a mixture of t-.s. paragus and white wine, nnd, in thoso o!d. fashioned days, one could get rid of gastritis by wearing a plaster of roses.
TBN»E«». SOUTHLAND ELECTRIC POWER BOARD. <. ' TENDERS. INSULATORS AND IRONWORK FOR POLES. ■ mENDERS, closing on 4th SEPTEMX BER, 1920, will be" received by the undersigned for the Supply and Delivery, c.i.f., ■ Bluff, of—(a) 36,000 ELEVEN THOUSAND VOLT INSULATORS ; (b) 135 TONS OF IRONWORK FOR POLES. Specifications may bo viewed at the Board's Offices, Inveroargill, or at Messrs. Hay and Vickerman's Offices, Dominion Farmers' Institute Buildings, Wellington. Tenders to bo addressed in marked envelope to "The Chairman, Southland Electric Power Board, Invercargill." A. W. RODGER, Chairman. Office of The Southland Electric Power Board, Invercargill. 21st July, 1920. TENDERS wanted for Painting House. Apply 100, Th.pitidfia-.iiy.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 3
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187Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 3
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