THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 67, 24 July 1913, Page 3

THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

Westminster Co.’s REGENT CIGAR. ETTES are made from the finest Virginian tobacco. Inhalers prefer them. Smoke them and share in the Great Free Gift Scheme. Forty beautifm presents-to choose from. x Statistics issued by the coal department of the North German Lloyd fleet show that it costs one shilling per second to coal a fleet of 171 steamers. The stokers shovel 3} tons of coal per minute into the furnaces. Usually you smile when von are in a good humour. Smoke Westminster REGENT CIGARETTE and keep smiling. Fragrant and pure, they art the best for the-inhaler. Forty Free Gifts. t x A large whale, was stranded about a. quarter of a mile from the mouth of the Manawatu river. It is about 40 feet in length and 18 feet across. A party of Foxton residents intend “trying-out” the blubber.

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It is stated that the new evening paper which is to be started in Christchurch will be Called The Sun. Premises have been secured in Worcester street, opposite the Canterbury Club, and the plant has been ordered.

Ladies, be sure your men friends smoke Westminster < Co.’s l REGENT CIGARETTES. Thus tbe.y will bo able to secure splendid free gifts for you. Write for Free Gift Catalogue to Regent, Box 331, Wellington. x

A black cat was the cause l ; of the postponement of a runaway marriage at Wellsburg, West Virginia. The couple were about I to • step to the altar, when the cat 1 ran in front of them; hesitated a seCond, and went on, and the bride, declaring that the cat’s act was an ill omen, refused to go on with the ceremony. A “Warner’s" is tne most economical Corset a woman can wear—it can be kept sweet and fresh by washing. We guarantee Warners to wear wed and not rust, break, or tear; local drapers. x

In an article in the Cornhill on crocodiles, Shetland Bradley tells of a discussion with his head clerk on the question of the reward to be paid for a slain crocodile. The demurs of the clerk against the full amount of fifty rupees being ipaid as-it was not a man-eating , crocodile—only the remains of. women and., children being: found in the stomach—throw a vivid light on. the difference'.im the pointof view of East and West.

Nq home should-be without the farm' j oils' Roslyp. Writing Pad, 100 sheets.; }Onjy' (3d, and Is e ( ach ( from all dealer^. } Ask for' it! " . ' x J j '-If f ]\ ■ !V I. ■ • OJI' I A 'reckless < attempt I dnl the part of ja BlenhcinV boy,' hamed’ L. Thohrson, Ito ride; at'bicycle'-'along ! the ■ concrete' parapet abutting on the ! High street bridge, resulted very disastrously. The feat mightibave been possible to ■ : (a Blondon,jb(lCj owing*to the narrow-’ ness of the parapet, the lad deviated from his course, and fell a distance of about ten fechon to a concrete pidkdfl' iijVbihconscioufi and • cbifWjft&t* to bomb, where medical °ilVowed that lib' - bones wCFe l>( - okei^ ,r! ‘although there were-SeverP iabrasibns u of ; thfe face and an injury 'tb the Jeff’Wrist. • The'- sufferer regained, consciousness ;'-6oiiie hours afterwards. 1 ’•*

s Be fair to your ebrns—order “Auticor,” the perfect safety corn shaver, from your local dealer torday. Only 2s 6d immediate .cpmfort guaranteed or your money bacli. x

It is not a little Curious (remarks an writer) 'that nearly every time nature needs a supremely great man she seeks him from just those environments of poverty and struggle that we up-lift people regard it as our supreme mission to abolish ? Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Cromwell, and Shakespeare are but a few from a long list. And yet we still fatuously suppose that our systems of higher education are affording genius an opportunity to disclose itself. So far genius has diffidently evaded her chances.