Here are two samples of recipients of charitable aid at the Thames, according to the local Advertiser. Qno complained that the meat she received was not the right kind, and on being asked to explain herself, said the butcher had sent her a shin of beef. “What did you do ivith it'r” was asked. “Indeed,” was the reply, “ I threw it out into the garden, as I could not do anything with it.” The same “ lady ” was dressed far bettor than many of the wives of men who arc receiving regular wages, and not only this, but she could afford (though unable according to her own account, to buy food) to go to Te Aroha for a fortnight’s trip for the benefit of her health. In another case a woman asked a friend to “ take a cup of tea with her.” When the guest arrived she was astonished to observe that the lady who was receiving rations, had a “ spread ” fit for a king. On the table were tea, coffee, conversation lollies, buns, tarts, bread and butter, cake, two bottles of sherry, and a decanter of brandy. Not content with the ordinary del'f or china cups and saucers, plates, <fcc , the lollies, add !f'was' alrpost' forgettin.g ill? almonds and raisins, w-evo contained in two cut-glass dishes. Yet this woman was supplied with rations by the Charitable Aid Board. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Noteable Facts. —Intense heat augments the annoyances of skin disease and encourages the development of febrile, disorders ; therefore they s'ponld', as tKey can be, removed by these detergent and purifying preparations. In stomach complaints, liver affections, and pains and spasms of the bowels Ifoiloway’s ointrpent well rubbed over the affected pqrt Irqiqe-. diately gives tlie greatest eqfee, prevents congesfiqp apef checks the threatening’ diarrhoea and averts inoipient cholera. The poorer inhabitants of largo citios will find those remedies to be their best friend when any pestilence rages, or when from unknown causes eruptions, boils, abscesses, or ulcerations point out the presence of taints or impurities Typhia the system, and call for instant - and effective ourative 'mecUcmesi Kidney and Urinary complains of al t kinds peril ancntly cured with' H in Bitters | genuine made by American Op 1
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 169, 20 January 1888, Page 3
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