The King detests side, and cringing. The man who endeavours to get into his good graces by kowtowing will .have a bad time of it. Not so long since, when on a cruise, a local paper announced that 'General —— had suffered slightly from mal-dc-mer; Captain had been very unwell; Lord had been terribly ill; but his M-njcsty had 'braved the storm with his accustomed vigour." "What nonsense!" was the King's comment, when tho report was shown to him. "Why [ was worse tlwin tho lot p'.it together."
The reluctance of some medical men to attend unknown patients at night was discovered by an anxious father on Saturday at about 10.30 o'clock. An 18-months-ok! child, whoso parents reside at Newton (Aucklaaul), was, says a.n exchange, seized with convulsions. Leaving it to the care of its mother and' hurriedly attiring himself, hut not waiting to put on his boots, the father ran to the nearest hoardinigIftwfse wliere there was a telephone. He rang up no less than te.n doctors before his appeal for assistance met with a favourable reply. One or two of the nine ineclicoes first rang up were out, others said tUiey could not come for various reasons.
A CHILD'S LIFE SAVED. "My son Jnck was severely attacked with croup." writes .Mrs Aeries L. Vincent, .Margaret Street. Geelong, Vic. "He was almost ohoking and we had not time to .send for medical aid. We li:icl Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the hoiisp, and it was the means of «avintr this child's life. It only took ten",minutes for this remedy to do the work. We think x lot of Chamberlain's Coii pft Remedy. .It is the only cough remedy in use- in our Jiome." To you k'now that croup can be prov&irtMl? Givo Chamberlain's Cough Bpiptviy as soon as fhe child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy. cough; appears,\and it Will prevent. k the>attja\ck. J.^-Jt" ig,-a'. oei-tain cu're.for croup-'an'd. Jias-neVfiir ' Wn
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1911, Page 4
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319Untitled Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1911, Page 4
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