KAITANGATA COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES' PICNIC.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10601, 22 February 1896, Page 3

KAITANGATA COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES' PICNIC.

The employees of the Kaitangata Railway and Coal Company held their annual picnic at Owaka on Thursday. The attendance was the largest of auy yet held, there being fully 1100 persons present, amongst whom were a party. of 25 Dunedinites, iucluding Messrs J. P. Maitland, J.T. Mackerras, A. Burt, A. Holmes, A. Bartleman, Hon. T. Fergus, and Mr W. P. Watson (general manager). A large and varied programme of races. &c, under the superintenaency of Mr W. M. Shore, was gone through, and in every instance there was keen competition. The baby show proved an interesting one, and the decision of tbe judges (Mesdames Watson and Guthrie, of Dunedin) was a popular one. Tho Kaitangata Band played at intervals during the day. The following is a list of events aud the respective winners:— Donkey Race. Eight starters—Wilson and Gribbiu 1, Harrison and Dixon 2. Wheelbarkow Race. Ten starters—Beardsmore and Wilson 1, Middlemsss and Welsh 2. Employees' Handicap. Eleven starters—H. Simson _, E. Buchanan 2. Single Ladies' Race. Five starters—Miss i Shore 1, Miss Ramsay 2, Miss Thomson 3. Employees' Rack. Six starters—B. Beardsmore 1, W. Thomson 2. Married Men's Race. Five starters—J. M'Lelland 1, R. Henderson 2. Married Ladies' Rice. Five starters—Mrs Sharman I, Mrs Islip 2. Obstacle Race. Three starters—W. Thomson 1, J. Dixon 2. Old Ladies' Race. Nine starters—Mrs J. Ramsay 1, Mrs John Shore 2. Eog-and-Spoon Race. Fourteen starters—J. Harrison 1, J. Wilson 2, J. Barclay X Youths' Handicap. Five starters—A. Thomson 1, W. Dick 2. Single Lady Visitors' Race—Miss Reid 1, Miss Mason 2. Youths' Race 07 to 2f years). Five starters— J. Gribbin 1, D. M'Aughern 2. Tugop-War (Married Men v. Single)-Single won.

Tug-op-War (Married Ladies v. Single)— Single won. . :

Visitors' Race. Ten starters—A. Thomson 1, F. Findlater 2.

Business People's Race. Three starters—M. Carson jun 1, P. Weatherstone 2.

Band Race Four starters—G. M'Vie 1, W. Carson 2, T. Oage 3. CoMMirn;:: Uce. Nine starters—E. Islip 1, J. Sharman 2. J. .-bore 3.

Bady Show. Eif;ht competitors—Mrs Douglass 1, Mrs Penman 2, Mrs Weathorstone 3 Tco-of-War (Kaitangata v. Owaka)-Owaka won.

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OfJR REfUBDS >' *iB BUSSELI,. Tbe writer of these Ones hereby tenders to Mr. W. Clark Russell the assurance of his thanks and appreciation. I hare always loved: sea stories, and those of Mr Russell stand at th* head of their class. From " The Wreck of the Grosvenor ". to " List, Ye Landsmen 1 " I have read them all. Vet salt water and the things thereon and therein are not tbe only things be knows aboufc—not by many degrees of latitude.

In his last book he makes a sailor talk thus : " I have suffered from the liver in my time, and know what it is to hare felt mad. I aay I bave known moments whan I conld scarce restrain myself from breaking windowe, kicking at the shins of all who approached, me, knocking my head against, the wall, yelling with the yefl of one who drops in a fit; and all the while my brain was as healthy as the healthiest that ever filled a human skull, and nothing was wanted but a musketry of calomel pills to dislodge the fiend," &c., ke.

So much for whafc Mr Russell's sailor,'or Mr Russell himself, says; and there are plenty of peopU who can testify tbat this is not a Life overdrawn. One fact in particular it helps us to realise—namely, that the life of a sailor doea not guarantee good health. Indigestion and dyspepsia-^of which liver complaint is a sequence and a symptom—is as common among sailors as among laudsmen.

. One pf the latter, however, may now tell of his experience. " All my life," he says, " I had suffered from biliousness and sick headaches. I ' would have an attack about every three weeks. At such times my appetite left me, and I could neither eat nor drink for days together. I suffered from dreadful sickness and straining, 'and vomited a greenish yellow fluid. My head felt as though ifc would burst. I had a bad • taste in the moutb, sallow skin, and the whites of the eyes turned yellow. ■ I was recommended to adopt a vegetarian diet, and did so, but the attacks were just as frfqusnt and violent. I.' consulted docters acd took their medicines, bnt was none the better for it. In this way I went on year after year." Well, we shall agree that there could scarcely be a worse way to go on, and ifc ail came about thus : The overworked stomach put more workon the liver than tho latter could do. Indignant and disgusted at this the liver refused to do a stroke more than its proper share. . Hence more bile accumulated in tbe blood than the liver was able to remove. This surplus bile acts as a slow poison—and nofc co very slow either. The tongue is furred ; the head aches and feels dull and heavy; the eyes and skin are greenish-yellow; there is dizziness aEd nausea, cold bands and feet, spots before tha eyes, a pungent, biting fluid rises into tha throat; constipafcioo, high-coloured . kidney secretion, prostrated nerves, irritability, loss of ambition, fears and forebodings, &c, &c. This is " biliousness " or " liver complaint" in its simplest form. When lorig unchecked it, produces irregular action of the heart, rheumatism, gout, and any or all of a dozen other organic disorders. There is no more certain or powerful impulse to misbehaviour, suicide and other crimes often resulting.

What to do ? To get rid of the poison by starting the skin and bowels into energetic action ; then to keep them going afc a healthy and natural gait. How to do this ? Let out friend Mr F. Widger, 4- Portland square, Plymouth, whom wo have just quoted, speak on thafc point.

In his letter, .dated March 3,1893, he adds :—

" Two years ago, after all medicines had failed to help me, I first beard of Mother Seigel's Curative Sytap. I procured ifc from Mr R. S. Luke, chemist, Tavistock road, and began to use ifc, and nothing else. After having cousumed one bottle I found myself vastly better, and by continuing with ifc I got rid of my old trouble altogether."

We should mention thafc Mr Widger is a tailor and outfitter at Plymouth, and well known and respected in that community. He permits.us to use his name out of gratitude for his recovery. The potency of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup over liver disease is due to its ability to cure indigestion and dyspepsia, which is (as we have said) the cause of livefc disease.

Every house on fche land aud every ship on the sea should have this remedy as a necessary part of their stock and stores. Perhaps Hi Russell may recomicend it in his next boafci But no " musketry of calomel pills." Oh, no. •