The Hon. Mr Rolleston (Minister for Justice) speaking at the annual social reunion of members of the Railway Officers’ Institute at Wellington, alluded to the uncertainty of political life. “In the South Island.” lie said, “in addition to the risk a member of Parliament runs of being pushed out. lie is also faced with another risk, and that is of being squeezed out. I have never been able to understand why the population of New Zealand seems to he drifting to the North ; with the result that every five years, one of the members of the South Island has to undergo the process of extinction. It is really a very anxious time for all of us until the decision of the Boundary Commissioners is made known. In fact, the decision of the Boundary Commissioners is to members of Parliament as important as is the decision of the Grading Committee to railway officers.”
A steaming snifter of “hootch” made hot. May he good for the chill of a cold. But further snifters are certainly not, When feverish symptoms unfold. For every ailment of throat or chest An extra blanket is far the best; And easy breathing you then assure By taking Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1927, Page 2
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