POST OFFICE DESTROYED BY FIRE

Nelson Evening Mail, 18 April 1916, Page 6

POST OFFICE DESTROYED BY FIRE

(United Pbess Association.> PAHIATUA, This Day. The Mangamutu Post Office and store, near tho Pahiatua railway, together with the contents, was totally destroyed by frre last night. The cause was the upsetting of a tin of methylated spirits. The building was destroyed two years ago.

HOW DRUGS DELUDE DYSPEPTICS. A MENACE TO HEALTH. Dyspeptics who take drugs commit a crime against their health, for drugs do not cure dyspepsia, neither do they ■possess the power to neutralise acid In the stomach, which is the underlying cause of most forms of digestive and stomach trouble. Drugs may appear to give relief in- some cases of indigestion and dyspepsia, but that is because, they numb the nerves of the stomach and render them insensible to pain. Herein Lies the chief danger; the symptoms of the trouble are covered up and hidden, while the cause of tho trouble —that is, the acid' in the stomach—remains as active and as dangerous as ever, and may in course of time cause gastric ulcers to form. Physicians have demonstrated' over and over again that the stomach cannot regain strength or the digestive organs recover their power to function normally unless kept free from irritant acid, and this can be achieved with safety and certainty by taking half a teasponful of bisurated magnesia in little water immediately after every meal. It can - be relied upon to neutralise acid andj>revent fermentation of the food. This method is now being employed bv hospitals throughout the country with marked success, and we are sure the recipo will prove valuable to m«ny of our readers. No difficulty should be experienced in obtaining the bisurated' magnesia, for it is stocked by high-class chemists everywhere, but make sure that you get the bisurated form of magnesia, for the oxides, sulphates, and citrates are quite unsuitable.