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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 747, 23 January 1888, Page 4

Last week tbe heaviest flood tbat has been known since 1878 took place m the Bees and the Dart Rivers at the head of Lake Waka'ipu. The whole of the flat and wharf at Glcnorcby were under water, and tourists who visited there had to be transported to tbe hotels m gg ies and boats. . Statutory Declaration.— l, Franz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, m tbe colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare ] that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance. However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th Augußt, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Maogillivray that an amputation of tbe injured limb had become imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extraot of the Eucalyptus Globulus, and by tbe application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my bou witbin a fortnight out ot all danger, and to-day be is recovered. I may just add tbat it was when tbe crisis had been reaohed that the Extract referred to was first applied. And I make tbis solemn declaration, eto. — Franz Raaije. Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Victoria, Australia, this seventeenth ay of October, one thousand eight hundred nd seventy-sown before »c, Morita Cobjj, :