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Mataura Ensign, 9 November 1916, Page 5

Private advice has been received that in the suits, Hohonu Diamond Terrace Gold Mining Company v. Mr and .Mrs C. J. Parham, Hokitika, heard, before ihe King's Bench Division, London, ) last week, defendants were successful ' in both suits (states a Hokitika- Press Association telegram). If, was at a Melbourne suburban meeting at which conscription and cOgv nate matters w-ere being discussed. One thin, waspish woman, or' 50, with spectacles and a. raspy: voice, wag particularly vehement in bor opposition. "No conscription!" she cried. "i>o con- ' scriptionl" She was (Standing in -the " hall, brandishing an umbrella. "Even ' it" you pas s the law, no son. of mine will go. I would strangle them in their " beds'" first!" "But, madam," a man. * on the platform expostulated, "per- '.. baps' your sons are. men enough to want * to .go" to light tor their country." ' "What!" ejaculated the woman; "a ; son of mine go without my consent? "* Never, sir. never! Don't you count on i' that." "If other women's. .son s go. yours will have to go." insisted the male speaker. "Oh. indoed?" was the :' fierce retort. "I'd like to see them-do ' it. I'd like to see yott or any other man make a boy of mine go.' The ! man wa s about to reply further when, 1 a disgusted voice, from the fifth row i enicd: "Ah, go on. guvnor! I wouldn't worry over .the point, .seein' the' party ,' ain't got no sons. She'*; an old maid.." 1 Even then the woman wa s not silenced. s "What of it. I say? Do you think I'mi " gojng to sit here like a'dummy while ; you wretches dispose of the lives of thesons I might have had ?" 0 PALE & SALLOW COJIPLEXIOXS; s _____ " What can be more distressing than, to see a boy or girl fading in the springp time of youth. Instead of bright looks, n glowing rosy cheeks and an elastic step r there are dull eyes, a pale sallow complexion and a languidness of step tbst bespeaks disease if proper treatment i* not resorted to. If you notice anv pt the above symptoms lose no time in * procuring BLOOD CHERRIES. They .•nrich the blood and restore beaitn. 11 Price, 8s 6d for 100 doses. Agents Grant, Chemist.