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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3487, 29 March 1912, Page 3

’When Mrs and Miss Mary Seddon, who have just returned from a visit to England, Vbr e at Home they often went into retailers’ shops' in the Old Country to ascertain what was thought of New Zealand foodstuffs, what prices they fetched retail, and what was the demand. As a result,, they are satisfied that the old prejudice against frozen meat has all hut disappeared. They watched the Now Zea • land mutton being discharged from barges in the Thames, and when they visited .Liverpool they were in a shop which disposes of 2GQ-carcases of the Dominion’s frozen produce each weekend- Now Zealand rabbits were to -oe found in some shops, one retailer taking down a “bunny” to show .by a tag that it was “Genuine New Zealand ” Away in Dumfrioshire, in a small store, the- enterprising Visitors discovered a stock of New Zealand butter, and were told by the shopkeeper that it was so good that he always looked forward to the consignments. Stilton cheese, “made m New Zealand,” was another popular selling lino they found. average man better off today THAN 100 YEARS AGO. The advance of civilisation has undoubtedly improved the condition ot mankind. People generally are better clothed, better fed,, better housed to-day than ever their forefathers were. . . , . Medically, the attention they get is vastly superior also. The age ot blood-letting is gone; anaesthetics and Rontgen-rays, etc., combine to make surgery less painful and more effective. , Time was when the healing virtues of the earth’s natural mineral springs could be participated in only by those living in the vicinity, or the few who could afford to travel to them. . Today, the waters of these mineral springs (with all their healing qualities unimpaired) are bottled and distributed, and may he partaken ot by purchasers who need not leave' home. Here in New Zealand to-day the famous Wai-Rongoa Natural Mineral Water is distributed throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion," and thousands are the benefit of this, the best of all the Dominion’s mineral waters. _ . The advantages of drinking WaiRongoa regularly cannot he over-esti-mated. It contains properties which make it both tonic • and aperient. Charged as it is with: its own natural gas, its effect if to exhilarate and invigorate s the system, _ to promote digestion, to check acidity of . the stomach, and to cure rheumatism, gout, etc. The best advice, wo can give to anyone is to drink it daily. —Advt.