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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7023, 11 January 1910, Page 7

For Children's Hacking Cough at Night Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2a 6d. Last year 2120 registered oompanii England and Wales went into liquidation. The HbraTy of the British Museum has over 32 miles of shelves filled with books. In tho City of London each voter ha 9 two votes, but he may not give : than' one vote to any one candidate. Many good things are related at iirsthand by Mr Preston Thomas in his "Wo.-k and Plav of a Government Inspector." His 'fight for the principle that workhousa children should be provided with nightshirts illustrates the difficulties with, which workhouse reformers have had to cope. A farmer who sat on the Board of Guardians tried to put his foot down on the'proposal, and •avo hia reasons. "I pnts on a clean hirt" ha said, "on Sunday morning, nd I never takes 'un off till I pnts on nother tho nest Sunday. What's good • - ' - i enough for these workus, and I'm agin all this coesetting." Another story has garown familiar, but its true origin is given in this book. It relates to the separation of aged couples in the work- ' —se. "I was present," writes Mr ston Thomas, "when the chairman of a board of guardians, on Being told by an old woman that she would not live any longer with heT husband, asked, 'Whv? Does he beat you?' She answered, "''Beat me? Lord, bless his heart, no. Ho treats me moro like a friend than a husband. But I'vo tended him as long as I could, and I can't do it no longer.' " . .