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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14042, 28 October 1909, Page 3 (Supplement)

Startling assertions as to the* condilion of tlio workers of Lancashire* are made by Dr. Frank I'ercival, medical superintendent of the Prestwieh Asylum, in his annual report to the Lancashire Asylums Board. . The county, says Dr. Percival, has become dominated by a system of commercialism by which power and wealth were unevenly distributed ,and for thousands of persons permission, to live was only granted upon conditions of labour compared to which the lot of the old negro slaves was princely. The greatness of the nation was judged by its exports and imports rather than the happiness and welfare of the people. Children worked in factories, and women, to get backto work, neglected the duties of motherhood, for which alone they were created. The inevitable result was the production of a large proportion of candidates for asvlums. He felt convinced—and the conviction had grownupon him for years—that poverty was the great cause of alcoholic intemperance. Suitable convalescent homes on the coast might convert many patients to permanent recoveries instead of swelling the list of recurrences. Mr Walter Trafford, Pharmaceutical Chemist by Exam., High-street, West Maitland, N.S.W., writes: "I have had over 25 years active and practical experience in leading English and Colonial Pharmacies, and am convinced that of all the numerous cough medicines, none has given greater satisfaction than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1 invariably use it in my own family and have derived such benefit from it that when I am asked to recommend a good medicine I unhesitatingly recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy." For sale everywhere... That tired feeling and rundown, nervous condition is a warning of more deep-seated troubles. Build yourself up with Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract, the peerless tonic and tissuetuilder. 4f