Page 4 Advertisements Column 4

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 109, 24 September 1912, Page 4

ANTI-OPIUM CRUSADE L\ t CHINA. Republican China seems to be determined to rid the country of the opium evil. A J!i!I. which has been introduced ill tin: National , As-icmbly for the prohibition of the en)! iva tioi!, sale and consumption of the drug, provides that the evil is to be totally suppressed l, v the end of the pri-<!>i!t. vear. Within one month after the promulgation of the new law all the ami-opium bureaux and their branch.--, in the dillerent places are to invest ign to and to report any clandestine .Mijtiv.-ili.rn the magistrate of the district, w)it) is required to uproot the poppy anil to punish the offenders. All' opijim iI.-sjl.ts must dost their shops by r)e(*'mbei-;Ml, and the opium unsold-must be surrendered, under a penalty, to the anti-opium bureaux or thieir branches, to lie destroyed. _ Pending absolute prohibition. e\ ri'y opium-smoker will be required to renew every month his license to smoke opium in- the provincial antioiniut- bureaux and their branches. The bureau i>i renewing the license must state therein the amount consumed by the lii'i .1 which is to be divided into ten port.', of which' two parts arc henceforth to lie reduced every month. Ten days previous to the limit set for total sappn-ivioji ivery smoker must surrender to the anti-opium bureau the apparatus for Sinn:..ii.iL:' and the opium tineonsumed, i> res- !■' ;•! i\.■ c>t whether he has been cured of the hnbit or not. After the expiration ~f 1 i.■ prescribed period, anybody toun ! !■ i:o-.-ess apparatus for opiunismoiv li.v ;n seeret will be liable lo imprisonment. At the expiration of the time limit, any male opium-smoker who shall not have cured himself of the habit mii-i enter Hie anti-opium bureau to be cured, and every female smoker must report a! the opium bureaux the amount of opium consumed liy her every .lay, so that a 'certificate may be issued for the purchase of a' stlalcd amount of anti-opium medicine. T'ife is full of pain and trouble. Arduous toil and ceaseless care; Pleasure but an empty bubble, Yet we Keek it everywhere. 'Though of sorrow we must borrow, Needless colds we won't endure, Finding solace ere the morrow, In some Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. () Ab a refresher with your midday meal, or a« a pleasing drink alone, there is nothing so appetising, so agreeable or so hcfllt-hful as CAMROC DRY niXCiliß ALT?. Guaranteed made from the finest ginger root and purified water only. All kotels and stores. * i«