DELAY IS DANGEROUS.
We all remember the pretty story of the little hero who saved his native village in Holland by stopping with his hand, during the whole of a dark, tumultuous night, the gentle trickle of tho sea through a leak in the dyke. Had he not done so the wild sea musb surely have worn its way through the dyke and flooded the village. Similar danger threatens us here in Wellington. Hundreds of backs are aching, yet people are neglecting this warning, and it's so easy to check kidney disease if taken in time, but don't neglect the first warni ings. Read what one of your own residents says :—: — Mrs. R. Ritchie, Library-street, Car- [ terton, says : — "Over seven years ago I made a statement to the effect that Doan's Backache Kidney Pills had cured me of kidney trouble. I can now say that they not only cured me, but that the cure has proved permanent, I am still well to-day. I had been a martyr to backache, headaches, and giddiness, but Doan's Backache Kidney Pills altered all that seven years ago, and I will always have a good word to say for this wonderful remedy." Have you backache, weak back, headaches, gravel, giddiness, urinary disorder, or any other of the numerous symptoms of kidney trouble? If so, Doan's Backache Kidney Pills will cure you, just as they permanently cured Mrs. Ritchie. Doan'a Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 3s per box (six boxes 16s 6d), or will be posted on receipt of price by Foster-M'Clellan Co., 76 Pitt-strett, Sydney. But, be sure you get DOAN'S. — Advt.
The risks which lads run by the careless handling of firearms cannot be too frequently pointed out. The pea-rifle is a special source of anxiety, and it is not gerieially known that a policeman may seize such a ■weapon carried by a "boy if the boy is unaccompanied by an adult. A few days ago two boys at Waimate, says a local paper, were handling a pea-rifle, when it exploded unexpectedly, and a bullet pierced tho head of one of thcj&u
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 143, 16 December 1908, Page 11
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