" A PIECE OF RED TAPE."

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16068, 26 November 1917, Page 9

" A PIECE OF RED TAPE."

(tress association telegram.) "W ELLTNG TON, or ember 24. At the Supreme Court, John McGovern pleaded guilty to a charge of having committed a breach of the Military Service Act by making a false declaration. x McGovern was married on August 11th, 1915, and by inadvertence the clergyman who officiated put the date as April 11th, 1915. This apparently placed McGovern in the Second Division, although he was really in the first. McGovern handed the certificate to the IX>fenco authorities, and later on, in learning of the error offered to enlist, but the offer was not accepted. He was anxious to enlist, and had sold property and suffered financial loss The Chief Justice referred to the Defence Department's action as a piece of red tape, and on tho condition that McGovern would again enlist no sentence was imposed. STOP IT! Loasby's Mighty Cough Cure. Tho ready-made cute-quick Cough Mixture, that by merit alone has become the bast telling Cough Mixture in Canterbury. It is the only Menthol Cough Cure, and it has been bo long before the public that its have won it first place in public estimation. It suits all ages, young or aid, from baby to grandma. It causes a warm glow all over the cheet, removes the phlegm, causes the cough to break down, and eases the throat. From all Chemiete and Grocers. Price, all d 6d. (Larger bottles are the cheapest). Wholesale from all Merchants or A. M. LOASBY (With W. F. McArth-ur), The Only. Prescribing Chemist, i 673 Colombo street, Chriatchnrrh