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CONTRACTIO PANTALT7NGE. Contractio (or shortening) of the legs of trousers is an ertrenxjy painful malady frequently found (says Stephen Leaeoek) in growing youth. Tho first symptom is a yawing space (lacuna) above the boots, ( with an accompanying sense of humiliation ( and morbkl anticipation of mockery. Sixty shillings (£3) is all that is required to ■ effect a complete cure? for this sum in- _ vested in a Penrose Made-to-measure Tweed r Suit not only elevates tho wearer beyond reach of "contractio," but also carries him ' quito clear of that other dreadful malady _ contractcd by expensive tailor-made suite— 3 viz., inflated genu, or bagging of the knees. ; W. PENROSE & CO. GEORGE STREET. -Advt. 0 NAZOL Is known everywhere as the j ready-far-nso and money-saving remedy for ooujjha and coilda. Bitty dreo; Is 6d,

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17320, 21 May 1918, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 17320, 21 May 1918, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 17320, 21 May 1918, Page 5