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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16292, 27 January 1915, Page 10

" Distance lend* enchantment to tho view" is a ■well-known axiom, and ono of tho truest; but it is just as true, that a near approach enables a truer estimate. Local manufacturers smile sometimes when they rean the words "British made" on tile poods advertised by competitors, for they know that " British" only means, in the public mind, goods from 14,000 miles away! As it is with goods, so it is with knowledge and experience, the genera] public estimating the knowledge and experience of people at a great distance xs far superior to the knowledge and experience acquired locally. Home papcre advertise, cures end remedies for New Zcalanders, and New Zea.landrrs buy them without reflecting that the different' climate and conditions here mav demand different treatment Worse still, people place faith in the efficacy of appliances made for the million, even when they should know that no two cases arc alike, and that what suits one cannot possibly suit another. Just as true as it is that tlio r'<rht, ear is different from the left in tho one individual, so it is also true that r.o two persons are of the same shapo in body. It is because of this fact that Mr A. W. Martin insists upon personal interview in treating for rupture. H ; s appliance requires (xpert adiustment, and the reputation of the J. A. Sherman treatment would be in jconardv did he act otherwise. The appliance which is purchased from England or America cannot, except by miracle, suit tho patient out here; and, even if it did, unless it is the .T. A. Sherman appliance, 't is not the best that can be obtained. If you buy a tennis racket you pet one of the best niake: the same with a cricket bat, etc., etc. Then why be satisfied with anything but first-class when it. is a matter of life."of ease and comfort, as against ono of pain and nrsery? Mr A. W. Martin may be consulted free at his rooms. Samson's Buildings, Dowlinjr street. Hours: 10 to 12, 2to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 to 12 noon. A booklet on runture and ifcs treatment posted free to any sufferer. Write for ono to-day.—27/1/15. — The sign of "Wilhelm ptreet" from one of the thoroughfares in Toronto has been removed, and that of " Sydney street" substituted for it in honour of the success of the Australian cruiser Sydney in -destroying the Eraden.