“A SLAVE TO DRINK.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3683, 19 November 1912, Page 6

“A SLAVE TO DRINK.”

ENTIiTiBTJ® OM) MAN'S VICE.

A white-haired and feeble old fellow named John Heaphy alias Haffey, was trembling jxuceptibly yesterday morning when he appeared in the Polico Court dock, before Mr. AY. A. Barton, S.M., on a charge of drunkenness —the fourth time within six months — and 1 also for having committed a breach of his prohibition older. The old man, who could not at first hear the charges, and was acquainted of their'purport by a constable, pleaded guilty. His Worship: This man seems to he a slave to drink.

•Sergeant Hutton : And it is no use taking him to the Old People’s Home. He will not stay. . Sergeant Hutton said that accused had just completed a term of 28 days in gaol, for a previous breach of his order.

For drunkenness, accused -was sentenced to two months in Napier gaol and bn the other charge was lined £5 and costs (2s), or one month, tho sentences to be cumulative.

The Freezers’ Union will hold 'a special meeting this evening when several matters of vital interest to the members will ho brought forward. A big gathering is anticipated.

After strenuous outdoor exorcise take Stearns’ Wine of Cod Liver Extract—invigorator and energy producer. It feeds the broken down tissues and makes you feel like new.*

HONESTLY RECOMMENDED. j “To anyone suffering from diarrhoea I can honestly recommend Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as being the most satisfactory medicine on tho market,” writes Mr 0. C. Cooper, Wakefield, N Z “I have tried all sorts of so-called ‘cures,’ hut have found nothing equal to Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remody.”