An instance of red tapeism in all its absurdity cropped up in Melbourne a week or two ago, when the chief engineer of the Moeraki wished to send aahore the piston rod of the steamer's main engine in order to havß it repaired. Although he pointed out the urgency of the matter, the Customs officials refused to allow him to take tb«pistoi rod ashore without going through the rigmarole of obtaining an order from the Department. A WONIHtnfc'UrjMKIrtCINE, " i can sincerely lecornmond Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhea Remedy to all who are attacked with bowel complaints," writes Mr George Adams, of Albury, N.S.W., "/or it is a wonderful medicine, and does all tha.t is claimed for it. Luckily, when out in the country a few daj's ago, I had a bottle with me, for I met ■& friend nearly doubled in two with colic. I only gave him one dose, yet it effected an immediate cure. I always keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhrea Jttemedy by me." For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton.—advi.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7935, 8 January 1906, Page 5
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