HOARSENESS.
A piece of flannel, dipped, in brandy, and applied to the chest, and covered with a dry flannel, is to be worn all night. Ftfur or six small onions, boiled, and put on buttered toast; and eaten for supper, are likewise good for colds on the chest. FROM SOUTH AFRICA. Paying off his crew at Southampton the other day, the captain of a transport, which had made two vqyag.es.to the Cape, received a shock. - A ami trimmer came forward to receive the 10s due to him; ""•-■' He looked at the money, then pushed it back through the- kara with the remark,*; ' You can captain, to buy your wife and &3p new" hats with. On these" two voyages I've'made'^22^soo? How he had made his pile many a poor Tommy could tell. It is a common thing for professional gamblers to ship as deck hands or coal trimmers, an<|they And' the soldier quite willing to wnile away time with a' flutter.'
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 374, 9 July 1903, Page 7
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160HOARSENESS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 374, 9 July 1903, Page 7
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