HAPPY WAIHI
The principal amusement are the free picture shows for miners and their wives and'families, which are greatly enjoyed. . . . Money is coming in freely.—News item. There’s a lot of botheration just because the federation Solved the problem of wage slavery, in the township of Waihi : Socialism there is booming, and the days of freedom looming, For the toiler toils no longer and the picture shows are free. Although cupboards may be empty there is perfect rest In plenty. There are “spruikers” on the corners and processions you may see. Should you hear some man repining, just remind him that the lining Of the darkest cloud is silver, and his picture shows are free.
Who dares preach of evolution, they’ve achieved the revolution;/’ y It’s a town of perfect leisure is the place they call Waihi, Where the crimson tic shines brightly when the miners gather nightly To enjoy the “Pathe” “Vitas’’ where the picture shows are free .
There., are plenty of mass meetings, every day they pass the greetings. And it’s quite a cheerful thing to read that “money comes in free,” That the owners’ knees are bowing, and that Socialism’s growing, And the mighty federation makes a picture which is free. R. Hall. A RETROSPECTION. Half a century ago, Baxter’s Lung Preserver commenced to wage war against New Zealand coughs and colds. The amount of good it has done for New Zealanders during that time is incalculable. It appeared on the market at first in the early “seventies” in a small way. but the people of those rough days were quick to recognise a good thing, and quick to take advantage of it. That is why Baxter’s Lung Preserver has flourished and grown to be such a popular cough remedy in the Dominion—because right from the start if proved its po-wv-a to cure colds kqd commenced to work 'ts speedy cures as (f does to-day. To the sore and husky throat, to the con oh, the cold, and all chest complaints, Baxter’s spells extermination. “It’s famous he cause it cures quickly,” and because it never fails. It cures the acute cold, the chronic cold, and the hoarse throat in less than no time, just as it cured the chest ailments and sore throats of fixe • people of half a century aao. Fifty years o£ cough curing has more tlmproved its effectiveness, and those who mo suffering from any throat or clvpsf trouble shr,y]il fry Baxtcr'ii. It ts procurable at any chemist or store throughout tlv length and breadth of New Zealand, at 1/10 the large-sized bottle. Get LungPreserver now—it i.s a certain preventative, an unfailing cure, and is pleasant *o take.—Advt. - I
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 June 1912, Page 3
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