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Can a statement be considered a “ new and original excuse ” when there CANNOT be any excuse. ' ——° — _ y ! Tiir Makawatu Herald, of July 31st, 1902, has the following local “ Quite a new and original excuse. A man charged with drunkenness in the South the other day explained that corns on the soles of his feet and ingrowing toe-nails caused him to so limp that his gait might be attributed to intoxication,” ]Sow, had the. Magistrate possessed the presence of mind he might have told the prisoner that THERE CAN BE NO EXCUSE FOR HAVING CORNS OR INGROWING TOE-NAILS, as TOHUNGA OINTMENT CURES BOTH, and can be obtained from all leading Chemists and Storekeepers, or direct from The Proprietor, Edmund Osborne, of Foxton, Price, Is 6d and 2s 6d. The Public are cautioned against buying from hawkers unless they (the hawkers) produce authority From EDMUND OSBORNE to sell. TOHUNGA OINTMENT being ‘the BEST IN THIS WORLD is likely to be imitated. Wherever TOHUNGA OINTMENT is sold in a clandestine manner through am unlawful channel it will be treated as stolen goods, and the holder might be brought to justice. Persons are quite safe in purchasing from any respectable chemist or storekeeper, _o By mail to-day we . eceived 100 copies of the CANTERBURY TIMES paper, containing informrtion of the Flax Industry, &c. Any person purchasing a pot of LOHUNGA or a bottle of QURECA will be entitled to a dopy upon aski g for same. Edmund Osborne IF O S. T O IsT.

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