FIRES IN SYDNEY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1592, 8 November 1912, Page 5

FIRES IN SYDNEY.

. ;. ; ;.: LONG: LADDER COLLAPSES., '•. ;■ £y Telegraph—i Press ";■,-■'•■ ■'.">.' ;•;-'■. Sydney,'-November 7."v .There iwe're.two'; foes in."the : 'city: early . ihi9 morning. .■'.'''.. ■The top floors, of the;' Young i Sheep Shearing. Company's .premises,';in. Spring Street,; were (pitted.; A .fireman "named Finn pluckily rescued a-man," a woman, .. .■. and a; child, clad in' their. night clothes, , . from the roof .of a threatened building. ..'The damage is heavy. V... ~ ■'■■■_■. ■ The second outbreak was at Kromley ''•'■.'. House, in Kent Street, occupied by vari- ... cus firma, damage is estimated at •:•• Mo.. :■■' ■'/:■;- ■'.:';'■.':'■..,. ■ An 80£t. ladder, 6h which were three firemen, collapsed, but luckily the broken ~'.'■ portion rested against a wall.'till tie men- , escaped,from' their'perilous position. : ~'• \ PATENT MEDICINES. '•'-vHUGE. PROFITS ALLEGED." ;•• 'By TeleErapn—Press i«6opsutlpn—Oopyrisnt ■•-"■• : - v.'v. Melbourne, November 7.;; , The'.Federal ■ilinister.'for.-.Trade and . Customs, \lir. Tudor,;, during a speech in .': the House of Representatives, referring. to patent medicines, said- that, one alleged . consumptive cure had been prohibited; . 'According to the Britisbi Medical Association, one. alleged cure, which sold at \ - JB2 :.10s. .for a month's treatment;'; con- '.'.'■. ■ tained ingredients .valued at 2£d.;'lnanother, which sold at ss. a bottle, the ; Ingredients cost' lid. Certain- 'soothing powders,. l 6old at 6d. a, packet, cost . the, makers id.; .'others, which sold .at 2s. 9d., cost : Jd.--;:':■'•'■ ;.,' '''';■•

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