THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 15 May 1913, Page 8

THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

There wa« a young lady named Knox Whose promptness gave evcrvonc shox; When asked by a mate Why she never was late. She replied: “I wear.dox on my sox.” Ladies, he sure your men friends smoke Westminster Co.’s REGEN I CIGARETTES. Tims they will be able to secure splendid free gifts for you. Write for Free Gift Catalogue to Regent, Box 331, Wellington. x A new epoch in ship propulsion is promised by the forthcoming launch at Middlesbrough of the Tynemount, the first sea-going vessel to be electrically propelled. According to the Glasgow) | Herald the Diesel oil engines of 300 j | b.h.p. are used to generate the elec- j tricity which drives the propeller. The system Is identified with the name of Mr Henry A. Mavor, of Glasgow, to whom the problem was submitted. The Tynemount, which will be con-1 trolled with perfect ease through j electric switches, has a deadweight of 21000 tons, is 23ft. long, 42Jft. broad, and 19ft. deep. Westminster Co.’s REGENT CIGAR ■ Tf/ITES are made from tbe finest Virginian tobacco. Inhalers prefer them.! Smoko them and share in the Great j Free Gift Scheme. Forty beautiful) presents to choose from. xj A Territorial named George Ed-j wards, of Whaleetown, was fined £2, and 30s costs at the police court at) Auckland on a charge of having as- 1 saulted an officer. The evidence show- ; ed that a sergeant taxed accused ! with smoking in the ranks. Accused i after parade struck the non-commis-sioned officer, but was stopped by an- i other officer. He then had a watch ’ set and attacked the officer again 1 as he left the drill hall by the back , way. Accused denied smoking in tfic j ranks, and witnesses said be was! struck by the assaulted officer when in | the hall. j Westminster REGENT CIGAR-*. ETTES are fragrant, cool and the ideal ! smoko for the inhaler. Try them I and share in the Great Free Gift Scheme. Forty beautiful presents to) choose from. x “Who is that at the winch?” asked someone on the Zealandic at Timaru. “Oh, that is Mr D. A. Morgan, one of the meat buyers,” came the reply, and so it proved, Mr Morgan being tbe bolder of an engine-driver’s certificate. “And who is at the other winch?” “Oh that is Mr Norman Marciiant, of Hall and Marcihant, architects.” And so every place was filled by men who, if they knew nothing about the work, could do it as well as if they knew all about it. They said they meant to make it clear that waterside workers have not a monopoly of brains and muscle.

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Tire Mayor Balclutha (Mr T). Stewart) has received the following communication from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which speaks for itself:—“Responding to your appeal on behalf of Balclutha, Now Zealand, the Carnegie Corporation will he glad to give £IOOO to erect a free public library building for. Balclutha (free Both as to reading in the building and borrowing for home use), if the Free Public Libraries Act be adopted and the maximum assessment under it levied immediately (so that when built) producing £7O a year, as stated by you, to be devoted exclusively t® the maintenance of the library, A site must also be given for the building, the cost not being a burden on the said rate.” Mr Stewart said at the mayoral installation on Wednesday night that there would be no difficulty in raising the necessary £7O; in fact the present library rate of Id, together with the borough endowments, would bring in more than £9O. A proposed plan of the building, which will be in brick, has been prepared. A Stratford gentleman says:—“l tried Tonking’s Linseed .Emulsion for a severe cold that 1 had, and the one bottle cured me. I think it is a wonderful remedy for colds, and bad case:, of influenza. Having tried other remedies and getting no relief, I got a bottle, and am now completely cured.” Tonking’s Linseed Emulsion of chemists and stores—ls 6d, 2s 6d, 4s ,0.1. x The Auckland Fire Brigade is making ing trials of a now smoke helmet made of asbestos. The apparatus fits closely over the face, leaving the two cars exposed, and has two glass panels in front. An asbestos flap covers the neck, while the skull is protected. Air is supplied from a pair of double-acting bellows through a length of asbestos hose. The snberintendent states that the practical utility of the helmet is such that the wearer of the thickest smoke without being in any way inconvenienced. In cases of fires in ships’ bolds or in wooden houses where a search is necessary, the helmet would be especially useful. Whether nr not the fireman will lie sup’died with the oajjjat,, however, rests with the l Eire jßfcrcl.