THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 41, 11 June 1914, Page 3

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

Xo m;in i>s evqv so unlucky as lie thinks"himself: Some days ago a mail was arrested in Christchurch for a minor offence. At the cells they discovered he.was suffering from a poisoned finger, which had been neglected entirely. His whole arm was in danger. The police saw that he received medical attention. Two lingers were amputated, and to-day the man can rejoice in the knowledge that his original fault saved his arm, if not his life. Want a Gramaphone for the weekend rfwhare? Easy. All you fellows smoke REGENT CIGARETTES, and save you* Gift Tickets. Write for Free Gift Catalogue to Regent, Box 331, Wellington. 33 A working man at the Christcliurch .Magistrate's Court on Monday, in arrears with his maintenance order, poinded "hard times" as an excuse for non-payment. He had been paying money to a doctor, he said. "Why don't you go to the hospital instead of calling in a doctor?" asked Mr Bishop.. "Haven't I got to pay the hospital?" asked the man. "I'm afraid a good many don't," said Mr Bishop; "but the point I wish to impress on you is that the treatment would not bo so expensive, and the hospital would perhaps not press you so hard as a private individual." Every puff of a REGENT CIGARETTE brings pleasure unalloyed and the Gift Tickets in every box bringyou nearer a splendid Free Gift. Write to Regent, Box 331, Wellington, for Gift Catalogue. 3-1

The Bishop of Bathurst, referring to certain evidence given before the Tnter-State Commission in Australia lately, remarked that one witness was reported to haev said that "human nature was. ugliest at its best." He (the bishop) ventured to challenge that idea. To his mind, human nature was one of the most beautiful creations of the All-Wise God. He would ask, Was the act of Captain Gates in marching out into the jaws of death to allow his companions a chance of reviving, an ugly thing? Or was it an ugly phase of human nature when Scott and his party preferred to die nobly a natural death instead of ending their misery by suicide? Once more, Was the act of a mother bending over her infant's cot night after night to soothe and calm her little one, and sacrifice her own comfort and rest, an ugly thing? He did not .mind who the man was; let him be a piano seller or have a thousand a year: he would say, that the man who could say that human nature was ugliest at its best had an ugly mind himself.. : . You family of voung men—form a REGENT CTCARETTE brotherhood, safe the Gift Tickets and get. the "little Mater" a Sewing Machine. Free Gift Catalogue ''tells how. Write for it to Regent, Box 331, Wellington. 35