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[ Four days- out from Sydney on the run to Trieste, the, steamer War Soldier put in some good salvage work, on the tank steamer Cardium, which carried 7000 tons of bulk petroleum and was afire, drifting helplessly in a- storm. The Argyleshiie raced with the War Soldier to the rescue, but the latter vessel made her objective first, and proceeded to get Out a towline in the face of stormy conditions and a nasty crosssea. Then a 350-mile tow to Albany commenced, and during the five.day fight the towline parted four times. Before the War Soldier gave assistance/ the crew of the Cardium attempted to abandon the ship, but they codld not get away, and desisted after two- had been killed in the attempt. The boat with its costly cargo and all hands was taken to port. "Snotving Good -oh. Cold is terrible," says Maitl. "The other day a girl who hies from Martinborough came in to see me and spied an empty Baxter's Lung Preserver bottle on the table. She said "Goodness, you're Just like dad. He's always got a bottle ot Baxter's on his table. It's been snowing good-oli for the lasi couple of days, and the cold is terrible —but I always havc my Baxter's. N.M.— — —Hospital, Dunedin." Baxter's Lung Preserver you must have these winter days. 9s fld for a big bottle.

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14987, 14 August 1919, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14987, 14 August 1919, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14987, 14 August 1919, Page 7

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