FROOTOIDS

Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 66

FROOTOIDS

j*or Jieaaacne, inuxgesuou, Constipation, and Biliousness. The immense number of orders .for ■Frootoids, sent by post direci to the Proprietor, ii convincing proof that the - Public »ppMKri»te their splendid ;ouring - feo*r«r over the- above-named complaints. They are elegant in Appearance, pleasant ,!■§> take, and, yrluA .» of the utmost .importance, are thoroughly reliable in -affording quick relief. * Frootoids are immensely more valuable than an ordinary aperient, in so far - ihat they not only act as an aperient, hut do remove from the blood, tissues, and Internal organs, -waste poisonous matter ' hat if clogging them and choking th« j channels that lead to and from them. The beneficial effects of Frootoids are jfnde&t at onoe by the disappearance of headache, the head becoming clear, and a bright, cheery sense of perfect health faking the place of sluggish, depressed feelings, by the liver acting properly, and by the food "being properly digested. Frdotoida are the proper aperient medicine to take when^any Congestion Aj Blood Poison is present; or when Connation of the Brain or Apoplexy is preient or threatening. They have been tested, and have been proved to afford Quick relief in such oases when other aperients have not done any good at all. ij fo of the utmost importance that this ihould be home in mind, for in such pases to take an ordinary aperient is to. fraste time and permit of a serious- 111Jie|s beepming fatal. *ft Froo&ids aot splendidly on the liver, and qufckjy cure bilious attacks that "ahtibili*^* pills" make worse. Many fieople Save been made sick and 111 by 7'aniibiliouß pills" who could hay* been efifed at once by Frootoids. People ■houkl aot, allow themselves to he duped Into eonweiucting a medicine-taking habit -oyl being pereqeded to take -daily doses with each meal «£ so-oalled indigestion cures that do NOT. cure. Frootoids ■have been subjected to extensive tests, «hd have in every case prbved successful in completely curing^the complaints named. • Thf ordinary adult dsse of Frootoids, of wfiiQh there are 72 in a bottle, is 2 to 4 — moroor less as required — taken, preferably at bedtime, when constipated, or At the commencement of any other disease requiring an aperient, as an -feuxilfiary with the special medicine tiecejsary for the case. A constipated habit of body will he completely oured if the patient will ou each occasion, when suffering, take a dose of Frootoids, instead oj an ordinary aperient; making the ifttefval between the taking of each dose longer and the dose smaller. The patient thus gradually becomes independent of Aperient Medicines.

For iale by leading Chemists and BtortY«|*rß. Retail price, 1/6. If your plifnidt or Storekeeper has not got them, rok fUm to gei them for you. If not 6btfin£b}« locally, send direct to the ProVrioftr, W. G. HEARNE, Chemist ' A <ttwong, Victoria. \*'

TtfOTICE.— The materials in FBOOTrftYIDS are of the VERY BEST QUALITY ,\\fd consist, amongst other ingredients, <H the active principle of each, of >'IVE_ different MEDICAL. FRUITS and > \S>OTS so combined and proportioned \\ a particular way that a far BETTER s *^«ult is obtained than, from an ordinary \»rier-^

being represented at the inquest. Further, [ the defendants were also guilty of working without a machinery certificate (also a serious offence). Has Worship, in giving judgment, said it was incumbent that people engaged in business ' should make themselves conversant with the law affecting their particular industry, and as the law in the case prescribed a minimum fine of £10, he had no option but to convict and fine the defendants £10. A month was given in which to pay the fine. The Ohristchurch public- have a summary way of bringing Government departments to book. A first olass smoking carriage which had been retired from service for some time was again put into commission, ao a deputation waited on Mr Laurenson and- accompanied him in an inspection. According to the Lyttelton Times the carriage was found to be in a 'terribly dirty state. The ceiling was blackened with soot, *nd'-everywhere -the walls-, inside and outside, yielded dirt to the touch. The hat rack on one side showed' urgent need of repair, " and the seats were dirty and uncomfortable. -The leader -of the -deputa-tion-staged-to Mr I»aurensbn\that he believedethe" oar had been retired ' once, bbust s had been resuscitated for use on the Lyttel- ' toa'Jine. • He had Tiad experience of*the carriage for many years,." and lie was certain it had not been painted for at least two years. In proof of this remark he pointed to a dirty smudge on the ceiling of the. carriage, and said that mark had been there for over two years to his knowledge, and for a considerably longer period than that according to the statements of other travellers. Mr Laurenson promised to endeavour to induce the Railway Department to provide a better carriage, and the deputation withdrew. JrThe misspelling of Maori geographical names, which a little band of reformers is attempting to redress, often alters radically i heir "sense. Judge Johnson, of the Native Land Court, mentioned to a Dominion reporter a few days ago that the name Waerenga, whiob was converted by the Railway Department into Waerengi, means 'bush clearing." The wrong spelling makes the word mean "stupid." Tau^ marunuU, means " a ridge which gives great shelter." Taumaranui, as it is often misspelt, might conceivably mean the "ridge on which there is a big - cultivation." The termination "maunga" is often abbreviated to ''manga," but the former word means, "mount" and the latter 'Stream." The Commonwealth Statistician (Mr G. H. Knrbbs) recently issued hia fourth bulletin. The population and vital' statistics of the Commonwealth for the quarter ending 30th June last year show that during the three months under review there were in the Commonwealth 889* marriages. One bridegroom was 16 years of age, 679 (one of whom was a widower) were 24- years,while (and these were all widowers) one was 78 years, one 80 yearß, one 81 years, one 83 years. Two bridegrooms— one -a bachelor, and the other a widower— were so old that their ages were "not stated. The brides were more youthful. Three were only 14 years of age and 2808 were 21 years and under. One spinster of 79 ventured on marriage during the quarter, while, four modest spinsters vforbore to state "their ages. Widows were more venturesome. Nine of them over the age of 70 years con-, tracted marriages. During, the course of a speech delivered in opening a new church at Epping, New South Wales, Cardinal Moran referred to the question of the defence of Australia. He said that during the past few weeks Australian statesmen seemed to be threatening that even the perils of war might be within reach of Australian shores. He hoped the blessings of peace would long continue to be the heritage of Australia. But it was the duty of Australian citizens -to fit ' themselves for any future danger. They must be prepared in time. There was an old saying that " if we yrish to .preserve peace, we must prepare ,-for war." 'In one xespect,' the people must be equipped to know their rights,- and in the other they must be equipped so is to be able, to defend those rights, either against domestic enemies or those who assailed them from without. They might look forward to having a Cadet force in connection with the school at Epping, and he was sure that if they needed any assistance in perfecting the discipline of the youngsters they would no doubt obtain it by union with the adjoining districts. The Wharf Labourers' Union held a special meeting on the 3rd in the Trades Hall to consider a proposal that it should cancel its registration as a union under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Aot. There was an attendance of between 90 and 100 members, and it was unanimously decided that the registration of the organisation as a union under the act should be cancelled. The effect of this vote is that it leaves the Wharf Labourers' Union free, after a certain number of days, to declare a water-side workers' strike, if it should desire to do so, without bringing the strikers within the pale of the law. The union repudiates the insinuation that it is desirous of bringing about such a crisis,' and affirms that -its action last 'night wag, the only one open ,to it in view of the position tEat had been brought about by the employers at the last conference.

Tfco Arbitra^on^ Court held iteirst sitting for fcha/presen*t year on Monday, in Dunedin.— *lur Justice Sim presided, and'Mr J. A- H'Cgllough, » the recently=*pjx>inted representative of the workers, took his place for th* first time on the bench. The employers' Representative, Mr SL Brown, is at present on a visit to Australia, and his place at * member of the court was

taken by the employers' deputy, Mr W. Pryor. The whole of the sitting of tho court was taken up with the hearing of breaches of awards. The Koro'miko, the Union Steam Ship Company's new turbine steamer, is now in Australian waters, -having arrived at Fremantle last Saturday. She has a cargo of phosphates for Fremantle, and after discharging thie ihe Koromiko will proceed to Bunbury to load a oargo of hardwood for New Zealand. It has been found that the damage reported to| have been sustained by the vessel during' her voyage to Capetown was very slight. JLn individual who attempted to act the part of the Good Samaritan came rather sadly to grief at Port Chalmers on Saturday evening. On learning, that an acquaintance had been lodged in the police cells Jie made his way round into the police yard during the temporary absence of the watch-house-keeper, and when the latter- returned a few minutes later he found his illicit visitor engaged in "conversation with the man on the other side of the cell door. Naturally, the visitor was peremptorily, ordered to 'quit -~the premises, but being apparently in an argumentative mood he declined to do so. .Ere he -had time to, convince the law that nine of its points was in his favour he was rudely bundled into an adjoining cell, where he was afforded ample leisure and opportunity for future guidance. After spending about 36 hours in the cells he decided that a. prohibition order was the first thing needful for hie welfare, and, having effected that initial step towards reform, he was . allowed his liberty. The young man Crossan, who received a bullet wound in the neck while out shooting at Mount Benger Station on the 21et ult., is still confined to the Hospital. The bullet is still located somewhere in his head, but his condition during the past two days has shown a slight improvement. Mr T. W. Kirk, Government Biologist, left Dunedin for Wellington by the second express on * Monday. Seen by a Times reporter just before leaving, Mr Kirk, who has been kept well posted up in the matter, said that the outbreak of fruit-fly in Auckland had Been brought well under control by Mr Boucher, , Government Pomologist for the North Island. Personally, Mr Kirk does not think there ie any fear of the pest spreading any further than the immediate vicinity of its outbreak. ' The Labour Department found not the slightest difficulty in obtaining the 30 men required for the Mesgiel duplication works, and they commenced work there on Monday morning." Some 30 men are to go to the . Catlins railway construction works this morning. Men are still wanted for the Gore-Waikaka railway works,, while the department has vacancies for about 50 men in private employment. In regard to the latter, there is very good work offering in many instances. Monday night's meeting of subscrbers to I the Dunedin Athenaeum indicated strong opposition to any proposal to amalgamate i with the Carnegie Free Public Library. ! Mr A. R. Barclay, M.P., made a speed? of "sweet reasonableness" in favour of the scheme, but if he had any supporters in the meeting they did not let their voices be heard. , In view of the inoreased outlay on bunker ' coal and in other directions, it is j the intention of the Union Steam Ship Company to take in hand the revision of the intercolonial passenger fares. Meanwhile as from yesterday . the saloon intercolonial fare has been increased by 10s and the steerage rate by ss. Although he intends to at once resume work,' the lesson of the past breakdown is not to be lost on the Minister (says the , 'Wellington correspondent of the Isytteltori i Times, as" the result of an interview with the Hon. W. Hall-Jones). ' "He "does not approve of the suggestion that under-secre-taries should be -appointed to' assist Minis- i ters, and says that the country has now ] got so -used to Ministers taking practical control of their various departments that it 'would not be easy to reconpile it to any ! system where the bulk of the work would be deputed to subordinates. But with his i own experience fresh in mind, and with the lesson before him of statesmen in other lands continually breaking down under the pressure of overwork, he intends to conserve hif own health more in the future than he has done in the past. j Th>yrty patients were admitted to the Dunedin Hospital during last week, and 23 were discharged. No deaths occurred,- and the number of patients now remaining 1 in the* institution amounts to 99. The officers and" men of B. Battery, N.Z.F.A., proceeded, to Hampden on Satur- j day for their annual service firing, which concluded at about 6 p.m. The spot chosen for the operations was portion of the Moeraki Estate, and the targets appeared along a range of hills on the property of Mr W; Nicolson. As it was too late to entrain their guns, the troops camped ,for the night, and returned to Dunedin by special train on Sunday. A number of visitors were present, ' and, thanks to the hospitality of the battery, spent a most enjoyable day. Tlie shootsng (shrapnel and time fuse) was In every way excellent^ and the men smart an* beautifully drilled 1 . Good service was rendered by the Field! Telegraph Section, N.Z.E.V., under Captain Ross. ' From the poms of view of the number of applicants Otekaike promises to prove tjhe most popular estate yet offered at - the ballot by the Government. Fop weeks past crowds have shown, the keenest interest in everything pertaining to the estate, and the ground has been; inspected

' and adjudged, usually favourably, but occasionally adversely, by hundreds of intending applicants. Three clerks from the Receiver's office in Dunedin have been kept 'busy receiving applications, together with • the deposits attached, and, as judged by j the manner in whioh they have been rushed, I the hunger for land has increased, rather ' than diminished 1 , as the result of the unqualified success of those estates previously ' settled in this district. From other towns, j too, reports indicate that the offices are besieged by those anxious to take their chances at the ballot. i The general idea at the field firing at Hampden on. Saturday was elaborate. ; Great Britain, had temporarily lost command of the sea. One hostile cruiser was supposed to be raiding coastal traffic in Cook Strait and another making, things interesting between Dunedin and the Bluff. Both were steering for Otago Heads, and a large force had been landed at Hampden. with the object of taking Dunedin in -the. rear, while ; the- cruisers shelled the batteries a* Taiaroa Scads. -JCne enemy's transport was still lying off Hampden. The, troops of Otago, or aH that were available, had been concentrated towards Hampden, and B Battery was that imporfiSnt.unit,' the artillery. . • ! A -Press Asociation teleg«m A states that the rainfall at Blenheim for January was only one-twenty-fifth of an inch. Beyond half an inch, which fell in the Wairau district early in December, there was been practically no rain since the beginning of October. j At the local Old-age Pensions Court the ' following business was done during the month of January : —Eight new claims were granted, ranging from £12 to £26; three' claims were refused, one becauseunder age and two on account of excess of .income; 177 renewals were granted, and one application was refused because of excess of income; two pension certificates were reviewed and cancelled owing to ' pensioners' drinking habits. The court was ( held before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M. It is a pitiful story, illuminated only by the gleam of sisterly kindness which it reveals, that is told in' the annual report of the Central Mission Sisterhood, just issued. The Sister has paid 1650 visits durj ing the year, It ■is the sad story of the j nether side of life, common to all missions, j That large body known as :4he general public, >' whose livelihood^ is -more T>r less .assured, and "whose -wants axe only -of a . comparative kind, can ,ha¥o no conception | of the nftaSe of wan4r«atl privation -that lies ' 'under the 'surface." Here is an .instance ' from the report: " A tiny home in the most , crowded, part; of- the c%^ a poor,, -little, , overworked mother on her deathbed, slain ; by the ruthless hardships of her life. The j living-room opens off the on© in which the j dying mother lies, and in it are three email children dining off porridge and dry bread — a diet not sufficiently nutritious to protect them against the hostile condition of their lives. The sole bread-winner is a boyof 19; out of his small "wages rent must be paid, the family clothed and fed, and comforts provided for the dying mother. The housekeeper is a daughter of 17, blind in one eye, but doing wonders with' the small means at her' disposal. This case Sister Alice visited daily, giving necessary attentions to the dying woman, and! supplementing the scanty food supply of the children. When death came at last to the mother the nursing Sister rendered the last service to the worn-out body, and for six months stood by the orphans to prevent what they dreaded: -the separation that would have resulted if the young children had been placed in a public institution. They are still keeping together under the watchful eye of the Sister."