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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18347, 2 April 1925, Page 7

ON THE MAIN TRUNK. PASSENGER'S LUCKY STRIKE. He had been Bpending a holiday in the North with friends. At the farewell dinner the Hotel in Auckland, he had dined sumptuously and well, against his better judgment. By the time the train reached Krankton Junction, his stomach was in open revolt. Sleep was out of the question. Ho was writhing in agony with indige3ti=>n. About Taumarunui, he noticed a fellowpassenger take a dose of something. Out of curiosity, he enquired what it ■ was. " inti-Acido," was the reply. ; L,ike to try He accepted-the invitation. In ten minutes, the pain had disappeared. At Marlon, he was sound asleep. Before disWellington, he turned to the rodfamanU and 'said:-My friend you saved my life with Anti-Acido. I had heard v i -i Kn+ didn't know it was so wondersr*Si«"'»«»«,t »• & , i j '( .Inte I ever made. I've found a luckiest j:„ eS tion at last, and am very cure for j Distributor: C. P. Iteele 215 A Manchester street, Ghristchurch

a cuesestion has been made in Eng xifot a tax should be imposed 011 £iid and stingled hair Thia carr.es to the days when the head °" d its footing. In the 18th century, £hen the "Macaroni" and the manservant wore hair-powder, Pitt, m search e money to pay for the French war, fixed on the heads of such subjects, and iii 1795 every person using powder was required to register at a. stamp office and take out an annual license costing £1 Is- There were many exemptions, including the Royal family and their servants, clergymen with incomes under £100) an( * officers in the army and na vT, hut in 1796 the tax yielded £21'0|136.

WOMAN'S GREATEST CHARM. "No, my dear, powders only clog the skin. Nothing is so attractive as a clear, fresh, natural complexion, and the hest aid to that is Maltexo: (Wilson's Malt Extract). Maltexo tones up the system, removes imparities, enriches the blood, and imparts the clear, fresh complexion of good health."