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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 September 1915, Page 3

IRRITABILITY

irritability, like headache ,is evidence of some disorder of the body, generally either indigestion or constipation, and the cause must be removed. To *elieve the indigestion and stimulate tho bowels to a regular natural habit take a course of Chamberlain's Tablets. They have a m arvellous effoot on the stomach liver and v bowels, and .all^dis^

wo hate the very name oi em, but as tlio medical officers insist on our' wearing th'ein. 1 suppose you had hotter go on maliiug tiie.ni. The iooys always lose tiiem il they oaai, tlio ugh they linow they're good ior their health. Personally speaking X prefer tiiem o.i flannelette; i think you know for why. And if you don't when 1 tell you that humans aren't the only living creatures in tho trenches, .why, you'll bo aible to guess, perhaps, why 1 don't favour-the knitted ehblora welt." Talking of the need for persistently despatching garments ior the convalescents, this soldier told of now he came out of hospital at Heliopolas. "1 had

a shirt, a pair ot pyjama trousers, socks, anil no slippers, because there weren't any to lit me. That wasn't, the fault ol the lied Cross, but it just fciious how necessary it is that .he s ;> ply of goods lor the hospitals <! never cease. You see, as as i;:y bed was vacant anotner chap filled. it, and I. - iv"iue thing happoud Wiih e.v.'i o" 'MH'u o'lier beds. Every man ti • t-"ii 0 wears a fresh stoc-: of c'< u«<e ior t'.cie hi- has worn on tho L e k . elield must of necessity he burned'. 1 managed to save the. jiinic of tli<-: clothes 1 was shot m, 'but that was exceptional." This man is very hopeful, of the results to be achieved by the present system ot forming committees for eacli battalion on the battlefield, and ol' forwarding the gifts from relatives in bulk under the care ot' officers going with the reinforcements. "Parcels sent by individuals,'' he said, "very often fail

to reach their destination. Thore's many a light finger between here and the Dardanelles, and by sending all gilts lor one battalion in bulk, and under the personal supervision of an officer, you can be pretty sure that the right men will yet tliem."—Sydney Sun.