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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 519, 27 December 1881, Page 2

SCENE —Drawingroom. Dramatis Persona—Young gentleman and lady, and little miss of three summers. Young gentleman—“ Alice, give me at least one kind word Can you not see that your cruelty is killing me !” Young lady—“ Killing you ! Ah, no ! * Men have died, and worms have eaten them, but not for love!’ ” Little Miss —“ If they don’t love them, what do they eat them for, auntie 1”

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Holloway’s Pills.—Health or Wealth'.— No sane person would hesitate an instant in the choice between these two conditions Now is the season to secure the former either by restoring or confirming it. These Pills expel all impurities from the system which fogs, foul vapours, and variable temperatures engender during winter ; this medicine also acts most wholesomely upon the skin by disgorging the liver of its accumulated bile, and by exciting the kidneys to more energetic a :tion ;it increases the appetite for food and strengthens the digestive process. The stomach and liver, which most disorders originate, are fully under the control of these regenerative Pills, which act very kindly yet most efficiently on the tenderest bowels. —[Advt.]

Meetings. OOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD. ANNUAL MEETING OF RATEPAYERS. I hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of Ratepayers will be held at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of Dec., 1881, at 10 a.m. Business: — To receive Report and Statement of Accounts for the year. 0. N. HACKEE, 417 d Chairman.