THROUGH Cur EXCHANGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 48, 2 July 1913, Page 8

THROUGH Cur EXCHANGES.

The Gisborne goal ba<s been much overcrowded, and as a result prisonei > have bad to sleep on fdiakedowns.

Wither too light or too heavy, M I Id) j)KH!SY is the smoker’s happy medium in tobacco. Try a tin or a plug. It is cool, fragrant and satisfying. x In round numbers, there are 1.01.).- ()()() porsons employed in coal mines in the United Kingdom. During the year 1911 they extracted coal equal to a tunnel oft high and sft wide and 9:1,000 miles long. MILD DERBY—a hlend of aromatic ■ uni full strength leaves makes an admirable tobacco for a medium smoker. In tins or ping. Try it. x Tim amount received to date by the Premier of Tasmania towards the Mount Lyell disaster fund amounts to £22,211. The last contribution was a cheque for £ISOO from Sydney. That sense V)f luxurious freedom from ran' come to the man who smokes MdU) DERBY PLEG or CTT—the tobacco with a fragrance all its own. Try it. x An interesting acquisition to the Christchurch museum authorities is a Queen Victoria coronation broad sheet dated June 28, 1898. It contains photographs of the young Queen and of her coronation, a memoir of her' life, and an ode of coronation. The man who likes medium strength tobacco should trv a nipo or two o! MTT D DERVY, It’s tin top. In tins or ping. There’s nothing to equal it. x Pietro Mascagni, the Indian composer, has a hobby for watch-collect-ing. He has purchased a large number of watches of different makes, some of them very valuable, and is said always to carry three in Ids pockets. One is of gold, with his monogram in diamonds, another is silver, while the third is nickel. Be fair to your corns—order “Antieoithe perfect safety corn shaver F'-om your local dealer to-day. Only 2s 6d Immediate comfort guaranteed or your money back. x Tt is proposed to hold an historical pageant in Wellington in October next, representing the British and Yew Zealand history. It lias been decided to offer a prize of £SO for the best represented group, to he awarded by public vole, and another for the best group, to he decided by a committee of experts. The hope is entertained that the whole of the district between Wellington and New Plymouth will be represented, and an effort is Dr be made to form a group in M asterton. '♦ * ' . ,

A “Warner's” is the most economical Corset a woman can wear—it cm* he kept sweet and fresh by washing. We guarantee Warners to wear wed ■"In(l not rust, break, or tear; local drapers. x The War Department of the United States announces that C aptain Amunsthm, the explorer, has‘been invited to send bis ; shin, the Dram, through the Panama 1 Canal next' ailtrltrm. J In* Pram will be the first vessel to pass through the canal. Captain Amundstlcn has accepted the invitation. He expresses gratitude that the I 1 ram will avoid t\)c voyage round Cape Horn. Xo home should ho without the famous Roslyn Writing Pad, 100 sheets. Only 6d and Is each from all dealers. Ask for it. x Mr F. F. Hoyler, of North-oast Harbor, Dunedin, is the owner of a Jersey heifer' of remarkable milkpnxlncing powers. The heifer, Lady of Col ling wood, is only two years old, and in the Covernmont semi-official test she has produced 401 .Rolhs oi butter-fat in eight months. Mr Helvor (says the Standard) was ofiered 200 guineas for the heifer during the Winter Show at Palmerston by a Taranaki dairyman, but he refused to sell on any account. ‘ When bees were first brought to New Zealand by some ol the earh settlers it was quite a puzzle whore to put them, said Mr T. M . Kirk, recounting the history of hee-keeping at the Beekeepers’ Conterencc in Wellington (reports the Post). The settlers were afraid that the Maoii-> would meddle with the bees, which wore a novelty, so they put them in a cemetery, as no Maori would go into a cemetery if he could help it. Seeing is believing. Come along and note the large genuine reductions during our Croat Alteration of 1 ) (> - mises Sale. \on will buy when \on s(>e. —Charles F- James, Broadwa\.x