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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7945, 22 January 1906, Page 5

An attempt of President Roosevelt to restriot the giving of information fco newspapers in (regard to Cabinet discussions has caused much amusement in the States. The President wrote a letter to his Cabinet orfloers, adjuring them to beware of the special correspondeats, and not to show any "weakness" in dealing with them. The futility of the scheme to put a check upon the newspapers' was shown by the fact that within two hours after the letter had been received by those to whom it had been addressed, the communication had been printed, and papers containing it were selling in New York. Full and Free re ports of the discussion of the letter at the Cabinet meeting were also promptly published by some of the New York journals. The members of the Cabinet were represented as being about equally divided as to the wisdom of the President's plan of forbidding information, half of them holding that as the news was sure to be obtained by the alert correspondents, it was as well, foi the sake of accuracy, that they should oe allowod to obtain it from the authoritative sources. , &VOID ALE BISKS. Why ran risks with mixtures containing opium and other harmful drugs when you can be cured—and speedily cured —by taking Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy ? It contains no narcotics of any description, and is absolutely safe, and a positive cure. Taken at the first sympton, it checks the cold, and in cases of influenza will prevent pneumonia following. For sals by T. G-. Mason, Masterton.—advt.