What lies at the bottom of the unhappy position in which the rural population of Bavaria is placed in 10garcl to its supplies of food and fodder? “It is the war and the English blockade,” is the usual answer to the question. This is a downright lie! Ihe cause lies in the disgracefully unscrupulous fashion in which the Bavarian 'farmer > and peasantry liave been exploited; by tlio Prussian capitalists mid the other high-born gentlemen m Berlin for the last two years. .Lhe north lias become the Paradise of the “war-blessings,” while Bavaria has been degraded-.to the level of the Cinderella of the Empire.—-Munich Post. DRINK CAN BE L.EFT ALONE. A Napier woman writes • ‘YouDrinlio Powders are doing splendid work already. What a blessing they are. Please send a further supply. Booklet describing this wonderful cure for drink habit, post free in ; , sealed envelope. Can be given secretly. State if Mr., Mrs., or Miss. Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, 212 J, Lambton’ Quay, Wellington.*
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4476, 17 February 1917, Page 2
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162Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4476, 17 February 1917, Page 2
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