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Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1929, Page 6

A sure, safe remedy for coughs and colds—put a few drops oi “ Nazol ” on a piece of lump sugar and let it dissolve slowly in the mouth. Instant relief assured. 60 doses for Is 6d.—Advt.

DOCTORS IN PARLIAMENT. “Medicine has increased its representation. The new House of Commons includes eighteen members of our profession. Their number is some 50 per cent greater than ever before,” says “The Lancet.” “We heartily rejoice that there will be so many able to place medical knowledge and experience at the service of the two Houses. The Commons are increasingly occupied with large' measures of social reform which have a medical side, and whatever Government maye be directing the destinies of the nation, the closer application of hygiene to industrial life can hardly be long delayed. For the first time in our Parliamentary history a medical woman will sit in the House, and in Dr Ethel Bentham we have one who associated herself with the care of infant life and childbearing long before they became the concern of all thoughtful people. The medical M.P. is elected, we all know, to represent a constituency, not to press the sectional claims of a particular profession; but he does not divost liimself of his special knowledge when he goes to Westminister, nor will Ins contributions to debate on technical or professional- subjects, if delivered with . reason and moderation, fail to command‘respect.” '