A GOOD SERVANT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 September 1908, Page 1

A GOOD SERVANT.

Good servants are at a premium, and difficult to obtain. The majority, after weighing the pros and cons, generally decide in favour of the store, office, or factory. Possibly tho condition of thinsg at the p.—.sent time may offer more attraction in the occupations named than is to be found In domestic service. It must be admitted, however, that any method in connection with home life that will reduce the toil of either mistress or maid is to be welcomed, and the servant problem may find its solution along this fino. One of the most recent introductions into home life, that has found immediate favour with all classes, is the new polish, TANOL: Indeed, TAN-OL has proved itself one of the best of servants. For polishing and preserving linoleum, norcloth, leather suites, furniture, and for tan footwear and leather goods of every kind, TAN-OL stands distinctly superior and apart. It has no equal. The unprecedented demand is entirely due to its merit. Your storekeeper will supply you. It is also stocked by saddlers bootmakers, and othrs. In bottles at I ls, and tins at 6d.

, t Council was adopted praying for the re- r sti'iction of the sale of opium, and stating j inter alia that "There was nothing in lho case of Ceylon or its people to prevent tho application of the same regulations lor the sale of the drug as have been granted in the United Kingdom." This . was signed by 13,957 Sinhalese. 11.878 \ Tamils, 1265 Eurasians, 265 European.!, and 465 other residents, the signatures being confined tv persons who could write. Vet no elective measure were taken to check the opium habit, until tho present a year. The Inst Table of Returns register s 19,847 habitual users of opium. Thes > v figures in an islnnd with a population of * uuder four millions are sufficient to show the need of new and drastic measures. • n Tlie Comniitteo drew up the following re- j " commendations for the favourable const- I f deration of Government r — | " 1. That the present system of renting n and licensing be abandoned. K 2. That all opium shops be closed on * the expiration of existing licenses. . c . 3. That the importation, distribution, ! and sale of the crude drug be made a (Jo- a vernm^nt monopoly. c ; 4. That for every opium shop closed f! tlio nearest- Government dispensary be " made available for the distribution of the n drug to all habitual adult users of the i *■' same, who may come forward to register I *' their names for a certain quantity to be a periodically given out, and paid "for in , B cash, and that suitable remuneration be jt< given to the dispensers for the extra I*' work and responsibility thus cast upon j°< them. li 5. That the use of the drug, except U for modical purposes, should be entirely Ba prohibited after a definite period. " hi 6. That a system of irr.'.v.'ji . ispe<!i< r. m be. introduced by the appointment of a ■ a] SDecial officer under the direction of the j principal civil medical officer. es The Governor of Ceylon has forward- . tl ed the report to the Secretary of State. ! " In commenting upon it hs wrote: — "I I h< think it is generally admitted by theso si who have had pergonal and extended la exoerience of opium consumption among si native races that while the vast majority In if Chinese can consume opium constant- t. lv without any very marked ill ef- w fects .and without indulging to excess, ri the ODium habit almost invariably leads tl to over-indulgence and to physical and D moral injury if the consumer belong to b one of tho brown races. In these cir- r< cumstanees. lam of opinion, and in ai this mv advisers agree with me, that s< the recommendations of the Committee o should be given a fair trial with a view c to ascertaining by actual experience how n far they will have the result contem- k Dlated by their authors." v, These comments of the Governor were t. received in London, on May 2nd, 1908, r and readers of the press may remember t that on May 16th the Under-Sccretaiy t, of State for the Colonies announ ed a that on that vsrv day the Colonial Sec- n r-etarv hnd telegraped to tho governor a that he accepted his proposals. He t .■onclnded a very remarkable sp.-'rh I.y, r -,iv int; that this meruit the end i._ nil . a <l.* onium dens and shops as we knew s >K-m in Ceylon, nnd th? hc-_.n,i:,ig <jf , t •.MttMi" an end altogether to thr- while, f n-tem" Ono of the most notable fca- v tures of th.- drbate on May till on f •uvum in the Crr.wn colonies was he a "t™ .ir.ve-m-.it of all parties in the s House-Unioni.t. Literal and t^-,-in parsing a resolution -h.ch closed 1) ■ nrein" tho Government to i.ik« •]■ -J i ,brin B "to a sp.crlv Cose tlie ty* Mm of , licensing opium dens now p,.., >n ', v.m» of our Crown colonies, nnrr pm * Clariv Hons Kong, the Strut* Se - « „™ ents. and Ceylon The present Sec- . retarv of State. Lord Grew, . r >o'.ablj . .-xm-ess-s the vnt.m-i»s rf .ril r"-'. • who hive studied the «'hj«t. ,n vn. . 1 \>y, to the Governor on May — tn - \\ 777 me much .ratification to ro o ; that the colouial Government ha^e «■ . - . within the u r o ;; e, lt OS I -Ode limit- l . . ;.\. .i, 0 nro „ v es« of the w.th •- areatest interest."

The WeUington Harbour Bonn! -by ! declared Dominion Daj (heptem 26) a wharf holiday. The price of tho best brands of butter in Wellington is Is 3d Mai l* .tb a tendency towards a lurtlnr tall. The Customs duty at Dunedin for Aueust camo to .£57,000, an amount onlf once exceeded in the history of the port. Among the offences dealt with by . visiting justices at the various pw , I of the Dominion during 1907. -. x ■ wore described as "smoking in tue ' cell," and ono as "smoking in tb, ; i yard after being cautioned. }y 1 usual punishment for offences aga<r>-. I tho regulations appears to be "breu.l . and water," but in one caso— and ov.' case only— there is tho dread verdic'r. 'Tobacco stopped during rcmajnde: nt i sentence. ' '

y FOR RHEUMATIC GOUT I f RheumatUm in any form » P"™™! c but suffer tha % th r e^ 6 ul a °°^t rr of rheumatic gout is far " m ™\ * ' J- rheumatic R out can e^. RHEUMO ; W the real cause of the disease-nnc °^ tn the blood. Thte was the cxperi- ; «» of Mr John Sullivan, of Timaru, ho writer— "l h^e taken your ?r RHEUMO for Rheumatic Gout and . have ereat faith in it. Can recommend :o it for bein K a Rood medicine tn . Hfceulv matia cases.—John Sullivan, limaru s, Bottline Stores, Timaru." at RHEUMO is sold by all stores and chemists, at 2s 6d md 4s 6d.