GENERAL ITEMS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 57, 23 January 1917, Page 8

GENERAL ITEMS.

OLD AGE. ' 01<J, age as it conies in the yorderly. " process of Naturo is a beautifu.l and majesiic thing. It stands for experience,"knowledge, wisdom, counsel. That is old.age as it should be, but old age as it often is means poor digestion, torpid bowels, a sluggish liver and a general feeling of ill-health, despondency and misery. This, in almost every instance, is wholly unnecessary. One of Chamberlain's Tablets fy the stomach and liver taken immediately' after supper will improve the digestion, tone up the liver arid r.egulate the bowels. That feeling of despondency Trill give way to one of hope and good cheer. Sold by 0. W. Hutchins, chemist. A complaint having been made to the Government that the wife of a railway employee at Paeknkariki was competing with a local dairyman in supplying milk to various customers in that township, Hon. W. H. Herries has caused inquiry to be made into the matter, ami has written upholding the officer's freedom of action. The Minister states: "It appears abundantly evident that a considerable number of the residents of Paekariki are not in sympathy with the attempt that is being made to curtail the liberty of Mrs Foley by implying that her husband is. neglecting his duties as a railwayman and competing in railway time with outsiders. I have already made it quite clear in another similar case that the Railway Department cannot interfere in the domiestic arrangements of its employees, and so long as railwaymen devote themselves to their duties in railway time there is 110 reason why they should not supplement their earnings in their own time. Where, as in this instance, the wife and family of a man in the lower ranks of the service has I

the energy and ability to assist the breadwinner, I am of opinion that, they should be left to do so, even if not encouraged." LOOK TO YOUR PLUMBING. You know what happens in a house, in which the plumbing is in poor condition —everybody in the house is liable to contract typhoid or some other fever. The digestive organs perform the same function in the human body as the plumbing does for the house, and they should be kept in first-class condition all the time. If you have any trouble with your digestion take Chamberlain's Tablets for the stomach and liver, and

you are certain to get quick relief. Sold by G. W. Hutchins, chemist. Major Sleeman, Director of Military Training in New Zealand, in the course of a lecture at Ohristeburch said the German moral at the end of 1916 was at its lowest ebb. The battle of the Somme had been a great success, the lessons learnt would be taken advantage of in the present year, and while the Germans had had successes in minor operations, these would not affect the main issue. .If the Allies' pressure were kept up by reinforcements from all sources the war might be 'ended

much sooner than many people expected. DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT. Some say that chronic constipation cannot be cured. Don't you believe it. Chamberlain's Tablets for the stomach and liver have cured others —why not you? Give them a trial. They cost only eighteenpence. Wold by G. W. Hutchins, chemist. It is reported that potato stealing is prevalent in the Waimate district. The thieves burrow under the plant, remove the potatoes, and fill up the hole, leaving the plant in appearance as if it had never been tampered with. CROUP. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chain- ' berlain's Cough Remedy giveu as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. Sold 'by G. "W. Hutchins, chemist.