Land Gambling.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12942, 6 December 1909, Page 3

Land Gambling.

TO TUB EDITOT?

Rir,— Your contoniporaiy, in tliis mornni^'- i'-'J", I'inra'i'i"; :i liit on "cxtrfini- t'-" mi .1 <•!• v. li ; 'ii. wbil 1 it la% ■- a ('t-:)l io. it \i\ i<! nun-ii.:i( ion <lo»^ not sa> inr.fl' .<m its taste ami common scir-o. After f!'';>lin;j; ai lonytb with "e\tirMiii^.~" wboin, by tlio way. it uscf as a t"nn *V,,(]\ also signifies jp.isfbolt'ors; it necUues that its "meditation is rm>'. ohed by cr>i tain _ oxprossions uliich it lias .Tfii in print this week." It thru quotf". from a ]r>ti.or of mino on tbo ln.ml r.v.esi inn, lvcontlv publisbftl by >on, niifl rolors to r.v hnvinjj roforred'to Mocsi^ iukl Co. as briny "oxuononts of bind sharks ami bl«>rs " As it is onito impossiblo for th" f'lirnnicl/' to oiif+r .inyoiip fairly I bojj; to state +liat v l>pt I wrotr was "The time was not so far back when tb^ bare surest ion of such a tiling would have roused tho country to fever beat, aw neither Sir Joseph "Ward nor any othci man would have- weathered the storm with the present policy which is botraviim tho country into the hands o^ land sharks ami land gamblers." Thif has no particular reference to Mas«sp^ and Co., but is an attack on the Go-'"M-nmopt as renresenterl by Warrl am 1 Co., aivl i*^s pol : cv. f-o tho Chrnni c}<-\ n-iticisi-i \>'-"i<j ' T-efl on a bac" 1 foundation naturally falls to the ground

when examined. In spite of what the Chronicle sajs, I still maintain that the Ward 0!o\ eminent is handing over the people's heritage- into the bands ot "land .-.harks and lamf gamblers." Your contemporary does not like the expression just used". For my part 1 would every bit as soon associate with "two-uppers'" ami raco-courso habitues, as with tluise who, hypocritically professing to be working 111 the interests of the people, aie wiJtully tr\iug to pass land legislation which will cause a huge- land gamble throughout New Zealand, by means ot which, eventually, this fine >oung Dominion will find its people in the grip of relentless rackrenters, who, as repiesented in Britain by the House of Lords, are crushing the hearts of the people, and retarding the true advancement ol the natiou. — £ am, etc., WALTER GREY. Wanganui, December 4th.

You frequently hear of cases of chronic constipation — cases that have existed for years. In nine cases out of ten the trouble has become chronic through improper treatment. The patient has formed the habit of taking strong purgatives and hai-> so weakened the bowels that they will not act naturally. Chamberlain's Tablets cure constipation and cure it permanently, because, instead, of doing the work of the bowels for them Chamberlain's Tablets 6imply stimulate them to perform their own functions.

Following on the appointment by Eoyal warrant to His Majesty last month, wo notice Messrs Mackie and Co.'s "White Horse Cellar"- Whisky has just been awarded the Grand Prix and gold medal at the Franco-British Exhibition.