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Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 53

“Fooling comes before reflection.”—Havreis. Colds usually catch people unawares. Most people first contract, the chill, and then seek the remedy. Others, who know, always keep Baxter’s Lung Preserver by them. It fortifies the system against cold and ’flu germs, soothes sore throat, eases breathing, heals bronchial passages, gives vitality and energy. “Baxter's” has been the public favourite for over half a century. It is advertised by the good it does. Yon should test it. _ Your chemist or grocer stocks Baxter’s Lung Preserver. 'Buy a big Za 6d bottle to-day.—Advt.

“Tho native tax in Papua lias proved a huge success, and no difficulty has been experienced in collecting II,” said Judge Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua recently to a Sydney pressman. “Tho number of defaulters is exceedingly small, and I have been told that the tax collector was greeted with cheers in many of the villages. “I understand,” continued Judge Murray,

'‘that many of the more intelligent natives really welcome the tax, a,nd regard it as a compliment. They consider it a definite proof that they are not loft out of account, but are regarded as having some interest in the administration. If this is so, it it rather remarkable, as it indicates a standard of public duty to which few lluropeans have attained.”