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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11056, 23 August 1907, Page 3

' BEE OINTMENT. THE SECRET OF ITS SUCCESS.The secret of the success of Bee Ointment as a great family remedy is that it does what it is claimed by its proprietary. For years this preparation has been before the public ; but never boomed by advertisement. Bee Ointment has Stood the test of time, and the demand for it annually increases. Once used, always used. It is a security for the public as the most valuable soothing and healing ointment yet placed on the market. For cuts, couglis, colds, rheumatism, eczema, psoriasis, scurf, piles or any skin diseases, bold everywhere, Is 6d. Mr. William Simpson, of Dulwich Hill, writes to the Sydney Daily Telegraph : — T was much surprised on reading your paragraph regarding Professor Macmillan Brown's explanation of the Maori carvings- of individuals having only three fingers. His theory is tliat the hand is really intended to imitate a bird's claw, and to indicate that the image represents not a living being, but a spirit. 'We put angel's wings on the figures on our tombstones to express the same thing,' said the Professor, and, further, that his 'explanation is pure theqry, there being none other, and it will have to hold ground until replaced by a better one.' I am pleased to be able to give a much better one, as given me by Maggie Papakura, the well-known gui^e, when on one of my visits to Rotorua. The Maoris hold that if you accurately carve the figure of an individual, injury or death will then accrue to that individual, hence they "usually leave out one finger. Their- reverence for their dead and departed heroos leads them to carve their etflglea m a similar manner. I, have mmy possession the photograph of a Maori carving of the Madonna and Child, a rude attempt to give us their idea ofi the Virgin and Jesus ; it also lacks certain fingers. I may further add that Maggies, the guide, theory was repeated to me by other Maoris." To cure rheumatism, j*<uit, soiatica, and lumbago the excess poisoilous urio acid must be removed. RHEUMO will quickly and pormanentlv do thia. AU chemists and stores, 2s "fid ,and 4s 6d per bottle. Just try it.