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Mr MeKenisie, Victorian Minister of Lands, says that the now Ministry will make land settlement its chief work, and in the back blocks the settlers will he allowed to stand two or three years rent free. The Government also favours an advances to settlers scheme, to assist settlers in their private purchases, and he did not see why these, should not he assisted by the state to purchase from a. private owner as well as from the state itself. Thirty lr. thiriythree years could he Riven to repay these loans. liheumatism is not the only ailment for which the possession of a hare's Foot has been, a specific. .Mr I'epys had one as a, charm against the colic. Hut he was never ouiie sure whether he ought to he grateful to it. At the end of 1664, noting his abnormally good health For some time past, lie remarked: "Hut 1 am at a gre.it loss to know whether it be my hare's Foot, or taking every morning of a pill of turpentine, or 'my having left off the wearing of a gown." Three weeks later a friend showed him that his hare's foot was defective, not having "the joint to it" —"and it is a strange thing how fancy works, for 1 no sooner handled this foot, but 1 became veiy well, and so continue." Pepys got another hare's foot, and throve 'again, but in March we liud him still wondering whether this was due to the charm nv to the turpentine pill. ITnw much do you care for year head 7 If it- is worth much to ynn, don't let it iche. Kt«,arn's ilead.ndie Cure ivlieve« ill kinds of lieadiwln-.s i|iii.-l.lv and without !i:id effeois. ...

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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13828, 13 February 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13828, 13 February 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13828, 13 February 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)