Speaking at Wellington of the :n----tention of the Government regarding the financing of another outbreak of influenza, should one occur, to* Min ister for Public Health said ;hat when the epidemic broka. out las- November it spread so rapidly that it was impossible to deal with it by ordinary means. Consequently emergency hospitals were established and the Government footed the bill. \$ far as could be ascertained riie expenditure was practically £200,000. If a recrudesceuce occurred, the hospital boards would be required to accept their legal responsibility and control the entire organisation in their respective districts. The Government would not, in any future epidemic, foot the bill as on the last occasion.
•' Necessity makes inches of milesmole hills of mountains.'' —Stamus. Way over in Sydney a lady tried to get B'axter's Lung Preserver —but, failing, wrote as follows: —"T am enclosi7ig £2 for some Baxter's Lung Preserver. One bottle did me such a lot of good in N.Z. that I want more." And it will do you good, too. Just now. when the barometer is so restless, you should have a large 2s. Gd. bottle handj\ Chemists and stores. 1 THAN JOHNSON'S CORDIALS PRICES ARE MODERATE BEST WOOD AND COAL AT JOHNSON'S YARDS. Established in 1203 Telephone 54
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Taihape Daily Times, 22 April 1919, Page 3
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207Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 Taihape Daily Times, 22 April 1919, Page 3
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