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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 56, 11 July 1913, Page 7

THROUGH Our EXCHANGES. The'ornamental knobs on the Mastertou Post Office, which have been regarded as a source of danger since ! the last heavy earthquake, have been removed. The discriminating plug smoker buys GOLDEN EAGLE PLUG. Aromatic. ; sweet and cool. ft is the best of All j brands. Try a plug—you’ll like it. x I At the last meeting of the Mackenzie County Council, while discussing the Inspector of Traffic, Councillor Smith said that the Press might note the fact that the Council had a most conscientious inspector. He did not think that there was a Councillor whom he had not caught driving without lights after sunset. Some of the Councillors looked serious; others smiled. If von are a plug smoker, try GOL- : DEN EAGLE PLUG. Aromatic, cool, sweet, and satisfactory. It can’t be beaten. Try a plug—you’ll like it. x There are 2,020,171 cattle of all i kinds in New Zealand, of which over <BOO,OOO are dairy cows a 'ot> heifers, 1 40,870 are bulls, and 1,755,223 are described as all other breeds. These fig,ures would suggest that our supplies I of beef, at any rate, are more than sufficient for local purposes, and yet there is undoubtedly a shortage of beef in New Zealand ; beef prices arc j higher and everything, seems to\point !to*a still further increase. As a matter of fact, some of pnr shrewdest stock experts predict that beef cattle will realise £2 per 1001 b before This winter is over.

Evcrv plug smoker should try GOLDEN EAGLE PLUG. It cuts' easily, has a delightful fragrance and aroma, is cool’ and sweet, and it won't burn the tongue. x i Like the German Imperial Family, the English Royal Family have a special bush of myrtle-from which sprigs are supplied to all the Royal brides. The bouquet which Queen Alexandra carried on her wedding day contained several sprigs from the famous bush, which is in the grounds at Osborne, and. is most carefully tended. The bouquet, by the way, was carried in a holder of rock crystal encrusted with diamonds, the gift of the late Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. The man who likes to cut his owr tobacco will find there’s nothing to equal fragrant GOLDEN EAGLE PLUG. Sweet, cool and delicious. Try it. x Lord Rosebery, speaking at the annual dinper of the London Press Club, said he' attributed public, apathy on groat questions largely to ( tho perfection of journalism in ,pouring forth such widd news. Observing that ..that, rnightv be the last of .the kind j-HeSfewild ever ' address,, he said, upon the issues or peace and war, journalists had, paramount influence, and he prayed them, when such .issues arose, not to say a word wine'll might involve their follow countrymen in the innumerable catastrophes of war. . i . Jexft ; , . , ’ ~, ; .t ~ . No- homo ‘sftbnld he without the famous Iloslynp, Writing Radj 100 sheets. Only 6d,apd.i-ljS each from all dealers. Ask for it.’' x non I | The delivery of .old warship H.M.S. Southampton into the hands of shipbreakers at Blyth to have her oaken ribs made into Jacobean chairs and cupboards, recalls ond of the most romantic and stirring pages in South African history. Built before Victoria came to the throne, H.M.S. Southampton was the Admiral’s flagship at the Cape seventy years ago, when a small British garrison was hard pressed by the Boers at Durban. It was Ladysmith on a small scale. Dried horseflesh and ground forage were all they had to sustain life. There were no railways or telegraphs in those days, hut a brave Natal farmer, Richard King, came to the rescue. A “Warners" isrtne most economical Corset a woman can wear—it. can be kept sweet and fresh by washing. Wo guarantee Warners to wear wed and not rust, break, or tear; local drapers. , x A haul of diamonds worth some-, tiling like £50,000 and £I2OO in cash was recently effected by thieves at tiie pawnbroking establishment of Martin and Simons, New York. To reach the premises the burglars bad constructed an underground tunnel and cut through a wall two and a half feet thick, having evidently been engaged on the work day and night for gome time. The floor of thp shop was found strewn with watches and jewellery, the thieves having rejected all hut the most valuable articles. They had also discarded bonds to the value of £26,000. The perpetrators left Ao clues behind them. Bo fair to your corns—order “Anticor,” the perfect safety corn shaver, from your local dealer to-day. Only 2s 6d Immediate comfort guaranteed or vour money hack. x

The oft repeated remark that “money is tight” may be true generally, hut, as often happens at such a time, the purchasing power of money is never greater. Notably, is this the case at the Great Winding-up Business Sale now proceeding at A. Spence’s Store, where the purchasing power of cash is amazing. Goods are being sold greatly under ordinary market value for the simple reason that the vendor wishes to realise am! is not looking for profit. The attestation of this will he proved to every (lady who visits the showroom in quest V)f a. stylish hat trimmed or untrinvmecl. /A pleasing surprise awaits her. I '' You want the time always; you can get it at James’ for Js lid; genuine j Lever watches only Js lid, Charles E. I James- Broadway.