Why Are Coals Dear.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue XII, 22 September 1900, Page 554

Why Are Coals Dear.

The increase iu the price of coals has touched the householder's pocket to such an extent that he is asking the reason why. Unusual demands owing to the South African war and the shutting down of several large Japanese coal mines, together with the increased winter trade, are among the causes, but a new light has been thrown on the subject by an intelligent N.S.W. collier.

From his statement it appears that a collier’s work is often stopped by long spells of illness, for which the exertion and exposure to damp are to blame. The “Leichardt Standard” is responsible for the following information gathered from Thomas McCann, a collier, of 12, Cambridge-street, Miller’s Point. Mr McCann says: — “As the result of a neglected cold I fell into a low, feverish state. Bronchitis came on and nothing benefited me. 1 had to give up work and take to bed. My lungs seemed raw, and every fit of coughing exhausted me. I lost my appetite and became so exhausted that when I left bed and tried to get about my friends said I looked like a. dead man trying to walk. I grew astonishingly thin, and my doctor said I would never get over the bronchit’s unless 1 regained strength. A friend induced me to try Dr. Williams’ pink pills. Even the first few doses brightened me up. 1 continued with them, and after using several boxes was able to return to work. My lungs are now sound, and I have no fear of the winter. 1 have a-good appet’te, and am so strong and robust that my fellow workers are astonished. Needless to say. I always recommend Dr. Williams’ pink pills.” By making rich red blood, Dr. Williams* pink pills gave Mr McCann strength to resist the bronchitis, which had such a strong hold when he was in a weak state. The building up properties of Dr. Williams’ pink pills are so remarkable that they have cured thousands of cases of rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, coughs and colds, anaemia, nervous exhaustion, poor circulation, eold feet, paralysis, and even asthma, and consumption. Sold by the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Wellington, three shillings per box, six boxes sixteen and six, post free, and by chemists and storekeepers—But mind you ask for Dr. Williams’. Interesting pamphlet free if you write.