THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 7 May 1913, Page 3

THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

A catch by a local angler of nine very fine trout in the Otakeho stream was a fine finish for the fishing season. The heaviest was 411)8, and there wore throe 3Mbs., three 31bs., and two

Neither too light or too heavy, Mild Derby is the smoker’s happy medium in tobacco. Try a tin or a plug. It is cook fragrant and satisfying. x

A Dunedin paper states that there is a possibility of the price of cheese being increased slightly before the coming winter is over. It appears that many of the large factories that have butter-making plants intend to make butter during the winter thus causing a scarcity of cheese.

That sense of luxurious freedom from care come to the man who smokes Mild Derby Plug or Cut—the tobacco with a fragrance all its own Try it. x

j The Opunak correspondent of the Daily News says that the Opunake Beach Society have just had “a new gentlemen’s bathing shed completed on the beach.” People are wondering who the new gentlemen are.

The man who likes medium strength tobacco should try a pipe or two of Mild Derby. It’s tip top. In tins or plug. There’s nothing to equal it. ‘ x

A boy of 12, dining at his uncle’s, made such a good dinner that his aunt observed: “Johnny, you appear to eat well.” “Yes, aunty,” replied the urchin; “I’ve been practising all mv life.”

The J. C. Williamson management announces the result of “The Blue Bird” essay competition as follows:

Miss Kate Hooper, Carlton Terrace, Wanganui, wins the £3 3s prize; Miss Amy Denton, Thompson street, Wellington, wins the £2 2s prize; Miss Eileen Clarkson, box 195, Hastings, wins the £1 prize.

Mild Derby—a blend of aromatic, and full strength leaves makes an admirable tobacco for a medium smoker. In fins or plug. Try it. x

Two platelayers were crossing the Whenuakura bridge on Friday on a jigger ' (says the Patea Press) when an exceptionally strong gust of wind lifted the jigger off the rails. The men were thrown on to the line and had a narrow escape from being hurled into the river below which was in a flooded state at tne timo.

A settler writing from Ruahituri, via Gisborncv, , says : —‘‘Contracting a severe cpld;.J decided to gjye Linseed-Emulsion a , trial—two doses gave relief, 1 jji two days cold iyas cured, complfetelyj. 1 have' never tried, or heard or to, eqpal it- Tbes bush boys Sijere. amazed, at .its qffect,” Of chemists Arid stores—is 6d, 2s 6d, 4s 6d. v

With a sharp rap upon her desk the sppe ( w-.hat,!tyovithftd i.nnd - school teacher called her class to attention. The lesson was on that mysterious subject “Gf&eval Knowledge,.’ ’ and ifliri girls must have been 1 " ell Versed in the topic '"to judge from the fol lonhng ' J hep]y. t* , ' ! pTow, girls,’* remarked the ieacher, “I’m going to set you a problem of : real HfeV '-A very rich man dies, leading exactly one million pounds. ;i j .One-fifth i is to go to his jvidow, one-sixth to his only son, one-seventh to his daughter, one-eighth to his'brother, and the rest to the local hospital. What did each get?” Like a forest up went the arms of the pupils. The teacher singled out a little girl in tho rear. “Please, miss, a solicitor!” came tho pat reply.