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Evening Star, Issue 7363, 8 November 1887, Page 4

PUBLIC NOTICES. PROTECTION V. FREETRADE IN MEDICINE. T is a somewhat notorious fact that the . foreign medicine-mongers Lave a splendid larltet in New Zealand. They are continually drawing thousands of pounds out of the Colony which, in many cases, is worse than wasted. Our connection with Great Britain is a good one for her. She gets all our gold, all our wool, and we get in return whisky, shoddy, slops, and patent medicines We have to give her about L 3,000,000 for interest on our borrowings; then we send her L 5,000,000 for manufactured articles, the most of which we could either make ourselves or do without; another million we give to America, Germany, and sister colonies. This is L 9,000,000 foing out; and what is coming in? Only i 6,000,000. Can it be wondered at that we are getting poorer and deeper in debt. To every lover of the Colony 1 would point out this fact: that every shillingyouspendforßritish-mademedicine you pay a tax of Ijd into the English exchequer. The revenue raised by this alone amounts to L 200,000; just about one-fourth of what it takes to keep up royalty. We have a Governor sent out to rule us, and we have to pay him LIO.OOO a year and perquisites—as much as wou'd support in comfort 100 families. I sincerely hope we may soon have the privilege of electing our own Governor. RETRENCHMENT is a stern necessity. It must be done, and then there will need to be more taxes raised. How will it be best to wise them ? Certainly by the Tariff. Now, as it is chiefly through the falling off of the Customs that the great deficiency in revenue has£occurred, it is not most reasonable that the luxuries of life—as most of the imported goods are—should make up the deficiency ? Therefore, we want a readjustment of the T A RTF F in suoh a way as to encourage our local industries. We all depend upon the wages-earning and wages-spending people. And why is it that business has fallen off? Simply because our working people are not fully employed; we employ about 100,000 men in other lands doing our work, which we ought to be doing ourselves. If any man will not provide work for his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Freetraders may laugh at what they term my folly, but I am prepared to meet anyone on the platform and prove my statements. The present Tariff plays into the hands of the medioine men out of the Colony, as it charges my raw mateiial at the same rate as his manufactured goods, and yet I have to pay double the taxes, double the wages, and about We wish to call attention to our local industry, THE HERBAL PILL FACTORY. The many thousand pills we make every week prove that they are good, for people may ba induced by advertisement to buy a box, but, without giving satisfaction, they will not continue as they do to use ours. Some people cannot take liquid medicine, and most don't like, to, so that pills, the old device for avoiding the taste of drugs, are still held in favor to please the eye, and also to avoid giving offence to the palate. We coat them over with a harmless ingredient, and thus make them tasteless. The following list we commend to the consumer in the fullest confidence of their virtue: — DANDELION PILLS. For the last 12 years that these pills have been in the market they have given very general satisfaction. The almost innumerable quantity made has proved that we can successfully compete with ruch time-honored pills as Holloway's, Cockle's, etc. In our small way we have helped to keep money in the Colony that would have gone out of it for good. The Dandelion Pills are one-half cheaper than any imported kind. Over S dozen in a box, for Is—3 boxes for 2s 6d. For the many testimonies to their value we have not space. One person sends for them from Melbourne, another from Sydney, and say they can get nothing like them anywhere. One gentleman says they have been invaluable to him as a soother to his feelings. "Before them,'.'he says, ''l was as cross as two stick?. T „.,./! fn mmrrol wifli mtr niifo. lint nflttr tj.Mntr the Dandelion Pills this unpleasant temper is almost gone." With the addition of quinine they are splendid appetizers; good* also for Neuralgia. THE LIVER PILLS are good in all cases where the Liver is known or suspected to be in an abnormal condition. Good also for Jaundice, Vomiting, Bile, etc. CASTOR OIL PILLS.-A mild and good laxative; better and cheaper than the Oil. 3 dozen in a box for Is; 3 boxes for 2s 6d. HEADAOHE PlLLS.—Justly celebrated in curing and relieving headaches. Same price. COMPOUND RHUBARB PILLS.-Mild aperient; never known to gripe anyone. WORM PILLS.—Good for seat worms, etc NERVE PILLS.-Made from the best known nervine medicines. FEMALE CORRECTIVE PILLS.-In good demand, and said to be good removers of obstructions. Pills for all complaints, good in quality, and reasonable in price. A GOOD SPRING MEDICINE Is our Blood Purifier or Compound of Sarsaparilla. This medicine stands unrivalled after a trial of ten years—one-half the price of any imported; 2b 6d a bottle, five for 10s. HOP BITTERS are genuine, and are said by good critics to excel all others—even the muchpuffed American. One bottle for 2j 6d will prove thjs. Our ASTHMA POWDER still holds the premier position, while for cheapness it is without an equal in the world. It has relieved more distress than any medicine known. This, with our Granular Asthma Cure, to be taken internally. There is no asthmatic that may despair. To all sufferers we say: Try it. IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS WITH RESTLESS BABIES. Our SOOTHING SYRUP has proved a blessing. It is just the thing for relieving the irritation of the teething period. It does not contain opium or any other poison. 1b a bottle. All kinds of Medicine kept in Stock, and everything usually sold in a Chemist's Shop. NOTB.r-Onr New Address is 74 GEORGE STREET (three doors from corner of St, Andrew street). J. NEIL, HERBALIST.