An Authentic Opinion.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 93

An Authentic Opinion.

C9NVERTEB BY EXPERIENCE The Case of Mr. D. W. KAYE, (by a special reporter.) People have te> be converted by experiencf from an obstinacy of opinion that may b* honorable eneugh in its way, and when suclt lessons as these are brought to bear upon our intelligence the most obdurate cannot help but be convinced thataelfintorestiatobf best served by unreserved co-operation witl( the advice given by Mr. David- Wigle^ Kaye, of No. 27, L«ith-street, Dunedin, which runs as follows :-^ "I consider that when a person's healthy 13 broken down a better medium for restoring one to a sound condition cannot b« procured than Clements' Tonic." " Have you any particular reason for ar« riving at that conclusion V enquired th» reporter. - " You may depend that I would not makt an assertion of that character unless I did so on good grounds," replied Mr. Kaye, "a# ■uch statements, would have the effect o| misleading, if the statements were not truce the very people that it should be everyv body's aim and object to assist. Yes ; X have a particular ..reason, which is that fo* some time I was suffering from a disordered^, •state of my .nervous system, and als» indigestion. Those are ailments which ar* common to meat people, especially thoss whose lives are mostly spent indoors, so I do not think it necessary to dilate upon t th» lymptomi to any great extent." "I wdul&'like you- to tell, me «ome of them," joined in the reporter,' "if you ca« spare the time to do SO.*" ' " Well, unfortunately, lam rather busy just now, orl would have been pleased to> devote more time to the subject, out as it i* one that, when given proper consideration* ihould result in assisting' similar sufferers . out of their troubles, I will strain a-poinii »,nd give you a few minutes. My- system was greatly run down after a" rather bustf period, and I found-'myself inlhabwretchea condition when a man feels that he has n«j life or energy in him. It is by no means 9, nice state to be in, to feel that the least thing is a trouble, and noC to have thtf slightest inclination . to do the work thai one knows has to be done. It makes life 4 continual drudgery, and when one is suffer* . Ine continual discomforts it makes existence »tul more wretched. A pronounced de« pression of spirits accompanied the in< tensely languid feeling that I was so mucn; distressed with, for I seemed to be unable t<C take interest in anything that was going on« The drowsiness that hung on to me, soo« *fter meals especially, was very unpleasant; • but I also experienced a considerable amount, of anguish owing to the violent headaches I had. I could not sleep well, and I got ug with a bitter taste in the mouth, and feelings of weariness in my limbs as if I had nofc been resting »fc all. Indeed, I Yf»3 fairly played out and my nerves were all an* hinged/ I could eat but very little, but that little was quite sufficient to cause t, sense of oppression in the chest, and feel- ( inga in the stomach as if nothing but wind aad collected there. Between the shoulders md across the loins I had severe pains afg Intervals, but what concerned me more than; inything was to find that my strength wat laily diminishing. I had previously had t\j perience with Clements Tonic, and as it had proven beneficial before, I thought it migh* inswer my requirements at the time I speak of." J - " So you gave it a trial, I suppose ? "Most decidedly I did, and I could no(> nave done better, nor perhaps h»I so well, for Clements Tonic quickly put ml ■nternal disorders to rights, and before i ng my physical strength was so greatly iin proved that I could stand any amount of work without feeling any ill effects. On tinnerront system Clements Tonic had a rerf.-rk^ ibly good effect, and I was pleasantly sutpriied to find how well that medicine reader, me sleep, while its invigorating qualities, drove away the miserable feelings of lan- , ruidness I had suffered from, so effectively that I felt like a new man. Nothing could* improve upon Clements Tonic for giving a healthy appetite, and I feel sure it stands unequalled as a prompt and effective remedy for indigestion, *s all my pains, including beadaohes, were expelled, and soon I could eat anything without the least fear of suffer* tng afterwards, I look upon Clement* Tonic as a boon to the public, and you hav| my permission to publish these facets of m* cure in any way you choose." STATUTORY DKCLARATIOK. X, Davis Wiomk KiTi, of W fetth-ittcet, Duntdifc •a the Ooloay of New Zealand, do «?leninl| £« ilncerely declsre tha* I have ratrfojjy read the annexed document, coigktiiif of two folloi. and consecutively numbered from one to two, «nd thrtlt contains and It » true «nd faithful account ol my Illness and cure by Oement* Tomo, »tjd also cootaine my full permission to publish in »ny w»y niy statemeX- which I ffive TofuntwUv, without receiving - w»y P»ymeftt ; and I m»ke thii solemn declare oit, „ conscientiously believlpe; the f»me to be Jam and by virtue of the provislone of mn Act of the Osnerri Assembly of Kew Zetland, Intituled "The Justice* Of Peace Aot, 1882." "

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Declared *t Dunedin, this sixteenth dny of Uarch, one tkoutftid line hundred and three, Mm -Mb KCHISHOLM,^ .

touch with the settlement. Had Te Whiti toeen looked upon as a chief only, and not as a prophet also, his son would have been made chief of the Jriangas, but as the father was regarded as a jafaopbet, and as the Natives have now done with prophet®, Te Whiti the younger was ? passed over in favour of his brother-in-&w. Trouble may arise, however, for Paxihaka was owned by the father, and the eon, as heir, may claim the manage-xn-cmi- oi the village by right of descent. isut whatever may be the outcome, Parihaka will never again be the Mecca and j the cuts© of tie Maori, who seems to be eh last recognising that his salvation lies { not with the prophets, but with the i jabotir of his own bands. TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD CHIEF. The death of Te Whiti removes the laet of the band of rangatiras who led rieings against the British, authority in different -parts of tJie country after the close of the main wars. Wiremu Kingi, Te Kooti, Titokovraru, Rangihaeta, and now Te Whiti— all are gone. But was Te Whiti an" insurgent? History has not shown so. TKe point has always been a problem. The Government of the day was itself disvideil when it was asked to treat th^ J ,P«ribaka malcontent as a belligerent. j "Eloquent and subtle, and animated by j an unquestionably earnest patriotism, he lias for many yeai's^xercised a most powerful, andfor the most part beneficial, sway over ' the hearts and lives, not only of his own tribe, but of a large section of the Maori population. Where his extends, drunkenness is nnKnown, industry" is exacted, and peace ; sedulously inculcated." Another .writes : — "The dead chief was not only a convinced opponent of the pakeha; he was a man who, under lappier circumstances, might have done much for His people, for ixi many lespecte "be was a magnificent type of the Native tohunga and leader. ... He possessed to an exceptional degree the eloquence which made oratory one of the great arts of. bis race, aa& hated, with a wholehearted hatred, the stranger-people before Jwhom the mana of the Maori was passing away. Until impeached with bis colleague, Tohu, in 1882, he presented a itolid resistance to the settlement of the Waimate Plaias. and for years kept the colony uneasily is dread of another Native ■war. The his+(nry of that troubled period has not yet been written with an impartial pen, but whatever is ultimately said as to the right and wrong of a question upon which the colony was itself greatly divided, i± will be freely Emitted

that Te Whiti strove for what he honestly regarded as the rights of the Maori. To his people he was absolutely loyal, being alike above corruption and above fear. . . . Had he had only to deal with a Maori New Zealand it is probable that Te Whiti might have become a great teacher and a great federating chief, the reformer of savage customs, and the suppressor of tribal Tvars-"