GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1916, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

That the result of the.voting in Australia will give great joy to our enemies goes without saying, says the Christchurch Press, and adds: We arc afraid that it will have a discouraging effect on our Allien, and even exert,an evil influence on some parts of the Empire. • Had Australia followed the example of New Zealand in placing its entire manhood at the service of the Empire, it is difficult to see how Canada could have hung back. And we fear the anti-conscriptionists in that country will find in the result of the poll in Australia a powerful weapon ready to hand of which they will not fail to make the fullest use. MINOR AILMENTS By giving the minor ailments prompt attention the more serious diseases are avoided. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the medicine in most general use for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, which are the most comtnor of the minor ailments. Chamberlain'sCough Remedy loosens the cough, aids expectoration, and helps restore the system to a healthy condition. Sold everywhere. The official estimate of the area under cereals in South Australia this season shows 2,031,85 D acres under wheat, compared with 3.220,745 last season; 110.301 acres under barley, an increase of 23,713 acres; and 315,911} acres under oats, against 320,901 in HJIS-IG. The larger area under barley is explained, no doubt, by the fact that there is a free market for this cereal. WOOD-MILNE TYRES ARE MILES' AHEAD IN THE LONG URN. When you consider that Wood-Millie Tyres carry a. definite guarantee ci 3500 miles their economy and goodness will be at once apparent. Moreover, you owe it as a duty towards our Empire to use Wood-Milne Tyres in preference to foreign makes, because Wood-Mib.es are British, and are made with that thoroughness which characterises British methods. So help British workerskeep British cash within the Empire by specifying Wood-Milne Tyres. Write for details to your garage or N Z. Depot, 10; Vivian Street, Wellington. Ifi Word has been received in Napier that Mr. Allan Berry, who about four years ago was a junior reporter on a local newspaper, and worked his way home as a stoker on the steamer Hurunui to study at Guy's Hospital, has passed his final examination. Mr. Berry enlisted for active service, but was compelled, with other students, to complete his studies until fully qualified. INDIGESTION is always due to a stomach which is too weak to digest what you eat. It needs rest; you can't rest it by going without food. That would mean starvation. But Dr. Sheldon's. Digestive Tubules do the stomachic work. In the meantime the tired organ is regaining fresh strength. Ufore long it will be as strong as ever. A temporary attack '"in be cured nt <w \ case of lovr st-nnding naturally takes more time. But the first dose brings relief. Yon don't have to diet. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabule* - kind of wholesome food. Try them for a week, and see how much better you feel. Price, 1/0 and 2/6 per tin. Obtainable everywhere. "Nothwithstiinding all we hear about the Germans having so many old men and hoys in their army I am bound to say that the (iOOO German prisoners we saw in "a French camp on our way to Paris were the most vigorous, strong, and healthy men I have ever seen," said Mr. C. J. Parr, M.P., at Auckland last week. Thoy were all great big men of good physique—every one of them. They were a cheery lot. As we approached they came to the barbed wire enclosing them, and in broken English asked us where we were going, when the war would be over, and whether the Kaiser wan in London yet' These prisoners were well-fed, and extremely well looked after by their captors. Indeed," said Mr. Parr, "I am inclined to think that • German prisoners are a little too well treated in England, here, and on the Continent." WHY GO HUNGRY! If your stomach is weak, and you are suffering from Indigestion, don't sacrifice your health and comfort. Eat aU the <\ i olesome food you want. Then take one of Dr. Sheldon's; Digestive Tabules after cacli meal. They digest your food, And tnus nourish and build you up, while the stomach is recovering its .natural tone. Price Is Cd and 2s Od ner tin. Obtainable tyery where, '