DAMAGED ROADS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19701, 5 August 1938, Page 7

DAMAGED ROADS

WORK' TEMPORARILY DELAYED

The continuous soaking rains have affected numerous secondary roads in addition to main highways, and plans were made for an immediate start on restoration work. One gang of men left Gisbome hurriedly yesterday, well equipped with tools, hutments and a plentiful supply of provisions, for some of the roads to be reconstructed are well in the backblocks. Some hours after the departure of the gang, the men returned, and a conference was held at the office of the contractor. A man was sent out on an errand, and on his return the party again left, and the worried contractor breathed freely as lie saw the tail-end of the gang. Inquiries subsequently revealed that after the party had left Makaraka the men waited on the two foremen and demanded to know how many bottles of Bramwell's One Nought One were included in the stores. The foremen were inclined to treat the matter rather humordusly, but the men wore in grim earnest, for some had previously experienced the wonderful effects of this famous elixir in the relief of coughs, colds, influenza and all chest complaints, and steadfastly refused to proceed further until a plentiful supply of One Nought One was procured. At times like the present, with influenza rampant, the wise man or woman keeps a bottle of this well-known mixture in the home, for the expenditure of half a crown ensures immediate relief. Incidentally, Bramwell's One Nought One is four times the strength of the usual cough mixture, so that a half crown bottle is equivalent to an expenditure of ten shillings. Sold by all leading grocers and storekeepers and also at the Pharmacy corner of Gladstone road and Derby street, it is small wonder that the sales of One Nought One are yearly increasing in numbers. The experience of the road gang was perhaps unusual, but it was a commonsense preventive action.