• An American who recently visited Melbourne, has ..contributed ,a scathing . _$fieYe : '~<ra-t_''e' Victorian capital to the New York Weekly Times. According. - to this cross-grained gentlemen Mel»| bourne is the least sanitary town on the | facjejof tb&'globe. * Its people are full of j : pretence; having built struc« ' - tures whose j fronts are imposing, but, * 'which are otherwise cheap and ; unsuib? i : *tantial. The police and fire departments ■ .are inefficient, the former, taking little ' . "heed of morality, and, the latter being for •active service a useless organisation, f'hen^as-jfcoythe system of drainage. Melourue. is- dependent upon sanitary appliances' that would disgrace a California .xoiaing.camp^ The writer's diatribes do : riot end witli faiilt'fihilihg as regards the .internal arrftigeiftents |:md Gov rnment. "JteJindj iUial tble native is oyer-whelmVl Tf J l hi. ••PWfoudd and insufferable conceit, " knowing nothing of other and older countries, where jciyilis/itien is a century iv pf its position in Victory — -scorning- experience, he,.poses, before the .wo'rhi as sufficient for the settlement of - all Aus'traliah afFairs." Evidently the Yankee was seyerley snubbed during his ■visit; which 'is 'singular when' it "is re« how much the Meibournites used to ape tho Y«nkees. Certainly the best medicine known in Sandkr and, jSoks' Eucalypti 'Extract. Test its eminently ' powerful effects in .coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief. is in" sfahtaneous.. In serious cases, and ac-> cidents' of all kinds, be they wounds, ."burns, scaldirigs, bruises, sprains, .it is -the safest remedy —no swelling — no infiamatioti. Like »urpris;isg effects pro.. duced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, 'swelling, &c. ; cba^rhuea, dvsentry, diseases of the kidiieys..»iKl urinary organs. In use- at lospltais and medical clinics all over tho .jglohe^ patronised by .His Majesty the Jltifig of Italy ; crowned with medal and ...diploma at Interriation.il Exliibitir.n, " J i)^Qßterdamii Trust in this approved articj<», ; «n i d rjeifei all. others. — Advt. It will be , seen . ,by advertisement in another coJumn thai Mr. J. J Curtis, of Grey street, Wellihg'on, draws the ntten tion of the tradespeople and others to the advantage they will receive by having goods Consigned to his fare, l ons»gnee6 at present suffer from delay in transit at Wellington, apd the consequent expense of storage, which, wou'd be entirely avoided. Tho.«p wishing to send parcpls ©H ''presents to Europe are reminded that he hns a cheap prompt delivery by each of the direct steamers for Eiondon. Par eels so seqt arc delivered at the door of consignee, if instructed. It is, also notis fied,Jtliat "he has special convvynnce for the |einoy.ds Of fuiriitine andlifguage. Cusjtpm^ jjoiiso work is, of course, a necessary branch of it is business.— Advt.
WANTED KNOWN. -The Job WOl k ; done at ihe Stab' Cifice is $ke Ch^pest iaiid .Best on the CoatJfc
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 54, 23 October 1890, Page 4
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