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Nelson Evening Mail, 28 July 1916, Page 2

Marlborough has raised £2500 on behalf oi the dependents of the naval heroes who lost their hi the Jutland naval battle. Of that amount over £4OO came from Picton. Up to the present 1100 men have gone away from Marl- j borough on active service. Note.—He knew it was bad' form ito dress expensively and to eat a lot of meat, but didn't know it was unpatriotic to dress at .ill till yesterday, when, already shivering, he saw this in big letters on a hoard.ng in King William ftreet: ''Dress is Unpatriotic." Fortunately he saw—in time—round the corner in Cannon street, the first part of the poster, with the words '"Extravagance in 7 ' . . . STOMACH MEDICINES ARE DANGEROUS. DOCTORS NOW ADVISE MAGNESIA Just how da'ngerous it is to indiscriminately dose the stomach w.th drugs and medicines is often not realised until too late. It seems so simple to swallow a dose of some special mixture or to tike tablets of some so-called remedy or other j Mtser 'meals, and the folly of this drug- j ging is not apparent until perha;:s years j afterwards. Regrets are then unavail- I ing j it is in the early stages, when in- I digestion, dyspepsia, heartburn., fiatu.lenoe) etc. .indicates excessive aciuity of < tfiS > " i stbmach. and fermentation of the j food contents. Drugs and medicines are i unsuitable and often dangerous—they j ihave as a rule little or no influence upon i the harmful acid, and that, i? why doc- J dors are discarding therm ami advising j sufferer's from; digestive and stomach . trouble to get rid of the dangerous | acid and keep the food contents bland I and sweet by taking a little bisuvated j magnesia instead. Bisurated Magnesia ' is an approved antacid, which can readi- I ly be obtained from the chemist. Tt is ' practically tasteless, and half a. teaspoon- 1 full taken- in a little warm or cold j water after meals will usually neutralise J excessive acidity of the stomach and pre- J vent all possibility of the food ferment- , ing.