CALLS "CUTICURA" BOON TO HUMANITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15141, 4 November 1912, Page 4

CALLS "CUTICURA" BOON TO HUMANITY.

"My right leg became, ulcerated six years ago, when I was unfortunnto enough tohave a. coil of barbed-wire fall on it from a ship's sling at Liverpool, on November 26, 190+ and it caught me above, the knee and opened my leg to tho ankle. After a fow weeks' sojourn at the — _ Hospital, Liverpool, I came to Australia, and, having no ship's surgeon on board, blood-poisoning set in. I had been under many medical men in city and suburbs, and eventually for many months was an inmato of one of our suburban hospitals, under highly-skilled treatment, and had my log scraped, but all of their kindness and treatment to endeavour to alleviate' my intense agony was practically of no avail, until I wrote (after seeing Cutica Remedies advertised) for a sample of Cuticura Ointment. I continued purchasing and persevering with Cuticura Ointment and Soap, and am thankful to be able to frankly slat* that I now consider my cure permanent, and duo only to your unrivalled preparations, which are proved in my case to be a boon (o humanity if persevered with With deepest gratitude to Cuticura IV medics" (Signed) James Alfred Spilstead 145, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, N.S.W.. D,,' comber 19, 1910.

Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are •old throughout the world, a sample of Cuticura Ointment, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to R. Towns and Co., Dept. 30k, Sydney, N.S.W.

At. present the flax and the damper scrub of North Canterbury is noisy with the untuneful cries of the wekas. Tho reason is that the almost black weka chickens have been making their annearante. Compared with other birds'/ the weka hatches early, and this year the queer changes of the season seem to have had no effect upon the habit of the birds.

If you desire to inve.it, monev in land or houses, or to buy a homo on easy terms, consult J. Thornes. 83. Queen-street, who has bargains in all parts of tho city and suburbs, and can arrango loans at lowest rates.

"'Where there is life there is hope," if he patients' Brandy ia Martell'e.