AVERAGE MAN BETTER OFF TODAY THAN 100 YEARS AGO. ~ The advance of .civilisation, has undoubtedly improved the 'condition of mankind. Pc-oplo generally are better clothed, bettor fed, better housed to-day than their forefathers were. Medically the attention they get.is vastly superior also. Tho age nf bloodletting is gono; anaesthetics and Rontgcn-rays, etc., combine to make surgery less painful and more ohcet.ivo. Time was when tho healing virtues of the earth's natural mineral springs could be participated in only In t'oeye living in the vicinity, or the few r. iio could afford to travel to them. Today, the waters of these mieeral springs (with _ all their lienliiig ' qualities unimpaired), aro bottled and distributed, and may be partaken of by purchasers who need nor hv.vu home. Hoz-o in New Zealand to-day the famous Wai-Rongoa Natural Mineral Water is distributed throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion, and thousands are osperieneii:g tho benefit of this, tho best of ail tho Dominion mineral waters. The advantages of drinking WaiRongoa regularly cannot be over-esti-mated. It contains properties vl-jelt make it both tonic and aperient. Charged as it_'is with its own natural gas, its effect is to exhilarate ."-Hi ;•-.. vigorate the system, to promote digestion, to cheel: acidity of tho stomach, and to euro rheumatism, gout. etc. The Iwst •idvi'>e -re ran givt' anyone is to drink it daily.
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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13379, 30 March 1912, Page 5
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224Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13379, 30 March 1912, Page 5
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