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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 273, 19 May 1875, Page 2

We regret to learn, (says the Bay of Plenty Times,) that Mr. William Kelly, M.H.R., is confined to his bed by a very severe attack of influenza, contracted on his recent journey down the coast. Mr. Kelly was on his way to Poverty Bay' for the purpose of meeting that portion of his constituents when he was taken ill. It is unfortunate that he should be laid up just at the present time, as he ought to be in Auckland to attend the sitting of the Provincial Council on the 10th instant. We hope to see him about again in a few days time.

Holloway's Pills.— The Females’ Friend.— So soon as the human functions are disordered steps should be taken to rectify them. It is a hopeless delusion to leave t.he malady to its own course. A few appropriate doses of Holloway's Pills at the proper period will prevent many a serious illness. They arrest all morbid influences, and prevent disease from extending and affecting other parts of the systen. Their primary action is upon the blood, stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. Their secondary action is to strengthen the nervous centres. No drug can be at once more harmless yet equally antagonistic to disorders affecting the female. The most perfect reliance may be placed upon their purifying, regulating, and renovating virtues. They may be safely taken by females at any age.

The Napier Telegraph regrets to hear that several fresh cases of sickness are reported, nearly all of which have broken out in houses on the hills. There can bo little doubt that the miasma arising from the filth bestrewn streets, the open cesspools, and swamps, is the primary cause of the diseases now.attacking persons residing in apparently healthily situated localities. As long as the town is devoid of means to carry out sanitary measures, sickness and death must be the result. This being so, it is extraordinary that certain individuals, backed up by our morning contemporary, should be found to advocate a narrow minded, ami mistaken policy, which, if carried out, would perpetuate a state of things that has proved so disastrous and mournful. Thb Most Reverend Dr. Croke, Bishop of Auckland, in his monthly letter to the Very Rev. the Vicar-General, by the last San Francisco mail, has forwarded information which will certainly please the members of his flock, and also give joy to his many other friends in the Auckland diocese. From His Lordship’s letter it would appear that the rumors which have from time to time been circulated about his not returning to New Zealand have been undeserving of the belief which in many instances have been given to them. From his letter, which is dated London, March 8, it is learnt that Bishop Croke, who was then on his way to visit Rome, had been engaged in procuring postulants for the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland, and priests to labor in the work of education and of the sacred ministry in this diocese.